An important parameter for any mobile device is the time of its battery life, for this reason that designers take into account every milliwatt, consumed by any component. Micron Company, which specializes in the development of storage devices, introduced a new type of energy-efficient memory called DDR3Lm, which should be used in ultra-thin notebooks and tablets.
The main difference of DDR3Lm from DDR3L standard is low power consumption in the mode of regeneration: the capacity of 2 and 4 Gbit consume half the power (3.7 mA IDD6) than the same amount of DDR3L memory. Chips are characterized by the ability to work in an effective frequency of 1600 MHz (1.6 billion transactions per second), and, if necessary, can be overclocked up to 1866 MHz.
Micron will start mass production of DDR3Lm memory on 30 nm technology in the second quarter.