Counterclockwise: RAM capacity through the years

29 April 2018
We look at both the average (which is growing quickly) and the maximum (which may have hit a wall).

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AnonD-754505, 29 Apr 2018This is absolute hogwash. Micron only sells to bulk custom... moreI don't ask you to believe. I know I am correct as I have proof. (MY OWN PDA.)
regardless. don't be offensive. It was on the brink of reporting you by the way. (and I am a kind person.)

    more core more ram more pixel , higher is better

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      • AnonD-754505
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      Kiyasuriin, 29 Apr 2018I did manage to get for my own. I explained my reason and e... moreThis is absolute hogwash.
      Micron only sells to bulk customers, they don't care what equipment you have, they only sell to OEMs with which they have set up legal contracts.

      Better and more believable lie would be for you to say you desoldered RAM from memory sticks (lol).

        AnonD-754505, 29 Apr 2018It's not a shop that I linked. I don't want to call you ... moreI did manage to get for my own. I explained my reason and even pictured that I have the right equipment for that.

          AnonD-754505, 29 Apr 2018This is impossible, for multi-channel the memory must be th... moreMakes sense.

            4GB RAM on smartphones

            People 2015: Are you serious? Damn that's way too much! It's gonna kill our batteries too fast!

            People 2018: 4GB? Is that a joke? Come on, that's not enough!,

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              Kiyasuriin, 29 Apr 2018Same thought. But as another commenter mentioned. Having 5 ... moreThis is impossible, for multi-channel the memory must be the same capacity, speed and latency. 4+2+1 would not work at all. You could argue for making 2GB+2GB in tandem with 1GB for some weird flex mode but I doubt that would work terribly well, if something's like that even supported on mobile SoCs.
              And the only platform on top of my head that I remember supporting triple-channel were Nehalem Xeons and their i7 rebrands, that debuted 8 years ago.

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                • 29 Apr 2018

                Reason #1: Android.
                Reason #2: All google apps(couch...chrome).
                No more questions, judge!

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                  Kiyasuriin, 29 Apr 2018When I built my own handheld rig. I honestly wanted to be t... moreIt's not a shop that I linked.

                  I don't want to call you out but what you see on Micron's website are not traditional memory sticks that you put in your PC but memory that you have to solder onto another PCB. And they're only available to order in bulk for OEMs to solder onto their own PCBs and sell them on branded sticks like Corsair, G.Skill etc or put on their devices like Apple, Microsoft do etc.

                  On mobile SoC RAM is soldered, no sticks present. This is also true for some iMacs and Macbooks (it's Apple, go figure). You only use memory sticks for modular devices like desktops, notebooks barring some ultrabooks and iMacs Pro (hopefully also in the future).

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                    Kiyasuriin, 29 Apr 2018I know. The 8GB ram mentioned here was an example. Let's t... moreThere is a lot of confusion because the term is technically wrong as a Gigabyte is used to refer to a Gibibyte in IT, as are other prefixes. SI specifies the name for each variation but hardly anyone uses it. There is no 'true' value, it's all arbitrary regardless.

                    It has been used that way since pretty much always and a gibibyte sounds ridiculous so it has kinda become the de facto way to refer to these sizes over the years. An industry standard as memory manufacturers refer to it even, so one have to embrace it.

                      AnonD-754505, 29 Apr 2018Because LPDDR4 is produced with up to in increments of 1, 2... moreWhen I built my own handheld rig. I honestly wanted to be that oddball to have the first 5 GB RAM device. But I knew there would be those critics that'd try to understand HOW and WHY.
                      So I decided to go with a much more traditional Option. 6 GB. It works wonders! :D
                      P.S. the sticks I got from the shop you've mentioned in the link.

                        AnonD-754505, 29 Apr 2018Because LPDDR4 is produced with up to in increments of 1, 2... moreWhen I made my PDA, I got my sticks from here... I did honestly think to be the oddball to have 5 GB of RAM. But then I thought "Kiyasuriin [real name hidden], are you Idiot!? People will have their mind blown when these geeks ask how did you do that crazy feat" so I went with 6 GB. And honestly? It does the job BETTER than I thought! :D

                          xXENDER FREAKXx, 29 Apr 2018When the era of 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM smartphones came out, I... moreSame thought. But as another commenter mentioned. Having 5 GB of ram is not possible (2+3?) As many boards are dual channel, which means 2 sticks.
                          However, if there was a Tri-channel 5 and 7 were possible (2+2+1=5 & (4+2+1)

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                            xXENDER FREAKXx, 29 Apr 2018When the era of 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM smartphones came out, I... moreBecause LPDDR4 is produced with up to in increments of 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 24 and 32Gb or conversely 1/8GB, 1/4GB, 1/2GB, 1GB, 1.5GB, 2GB, 3GB and 4GB. RAM in any sensibly engineered device is usually dual-channel or quad-channel on HEDT class desktops and you have to pair same size chips. So the only combinations for mobile devices that use dual-channel are 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 3GB, 4GB, 6GB and 8GB. You could pull some shenanigans with stacked memory and double dual-channels to get 5GB or 7GB and so on but this is probably not worth the hassle as I haven't seen a manufacturer do that so far.

                            Source for LPDDR4 chip sizes: https://www.micron.com/products/dram/lpdram

                              Anonymous, 29 Apr 2018isn't some of them used as GPU shared memory? also, averag... moreI know. The 8GB ram mentioned here was an example.
                              Let's take AG phones
                              They have 1GB of RAM advertised, but merely 890 MB in true capacity, while it should really be 1024 MB of RAM.
                              Same for 2 GB (2048)
                              3 GB (3072)
                              4 GB (4096)
                              And 6 GB (6144)
                              These numbers aren't for nothing.
                              Memory in PC uses a base of 2 instead of 10, as 2^10=1024. While as humans we are used to think in decimals (10^3=1000)

                                Woah UFC storage must surely pack a punch XD

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                                  Now show us the same visual but with the "exceptional" outliers shown,and labeled,then you will see how unusual things like the htc hd2 where,500mb+128mb+64mb =692mb for the wwe version,doubled fot us version,in2006..

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                                    Geric.770, 29 Apr 2018Even if we are reaching up to 10 GB, some apps are eating t... morespeaking about eat too much, I flashed a 400MB-ish Nougat custom ROM, and it miraculously ate 600MB out of 1.8GB after first restart without Gaaps (probably it extracted the packaged and load everything into memory), it was blazing fast tho.
                                    then installed full package Gaaps and it become 1.2 GB used and somehow become slightly warm.
                                    Nope Nope Nope, got it removed and use the smallest openGaaps package (was it nano? ), + few apps, turn off their autorun and limit their data usage. my 2GB RN3 (SD650) got revived and can play most game fairly smooth now.

                                      xXENDER FREAKXx, 29 Apr 2018When the era of 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM smartphones came out, I... more1,2,3,4,6,8,10,12,16, and so on...
                                      Just like PC memory.

                                        When the era of 4GB RAM and 6GB RAM smartphones came out, I wonder why isn't there any brand that sport a 5GB RAM smartphone? Even so for 7GB RAM currently after 8GB RAM is seen on smartphones. It's pretty weird, because smartphone memory doesn't only have even numbers, there are some odd numbers too, like 3GB RAM

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