Power and Performance
DDR3 SODIMM: Small package, big low-power performance
If you design electronics, you’re used to thinking of power savings and performance as opposite poles—you’ve typically had to trade one to get the other. But it really is possible to deliver low power with high performance. In fact, we’ve found ways to continually reduce DRAM power needs while still hitting aggressive performance targets. It’s a strategy we’re calling “performance efficiency.” We see lots of opportunity for our DRAM to make a significant difference in a variety of applications—now and in the years ahead. We can save power and still deliver unprecedented levels of performance.
As a proof point, today Micron announced a new line of high-performance DDR3 SODIMMs that run at just 1.35V (standard DDR3 DIMMs run at 1.5V). That .15V difference may seem miniscule, but it amounts to a significant power savings—our estimates put it at about 20%. But the cool thing is that these SODIMMs aren’t any slower than their power-hungry siblings. They can hit 1333 MT/s in stride—plenty of throughput for the latest generation of high-performance laptops. Check them out: view DDR3 1.35V SODIMMs.
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