At Computex, Kingston announced the renewal of a large part of its storage and RAM catalog, highlighting the new CAMM2 memory that the manufacturer will introduce in the DDR5 FURY Impact series.

If you follow us regularly, you will know that the industry organization JEDEC approved the LPCAMM2 format earlier this year (Attached memory module with low power consumption), new form factor which is touted as the biggest RAM upgrade in 25 years.

Although the format was originally designed for portable or compact computers such as mini-PCs, the basics of the standard allow the creation of CAMM2 memories, in this case intended for desktop motherboards. This way, Kingston has partnered with MSI to bring this standard to the gaming PC space as part of its new Project Zero ecosystem.

The result is the FURY Impact DDR5 CAMM2 you see in the pictures. Basically, it is a two-channel (4 sub-channel) DDR5 memory. The module has wiring for channels and four subchannels. The module sits on a stand, just like the processor, and is held in place by screws.

Design benefits After installation, they are noticeable and the CAMM2 memories are much more discreet in size than the DIMM group, which, in addition to taking up more space, protrude perpendicular to the plane of the motherboard and have the usual problems when it comes to upgrading the RAM and if you don’t want to have compatibility problems, you have to look identical modules.

Kingston DDR5 CAMM2 will be sold in capacities typical of current dual-channel solutions, such as 32 GB. Their characteristics, speeds, latencies should be the same as those offered by DIMMs, because the form factor changes here and not the control method. Very interesting as a design alternative to the modules we have been using for three decades. Although we still see more advantages in LPCAMM2 for laptops, its use in desktop ATX motherboards will offer more design flexibility. We have already seen new developments with this format and expect more in the future.

More from Kingston at Computex 2024

The manufacturer has updated other series of memory solutions such as FURY Renegade RGB DDR5 with capacities up to 96 GB and speeds between DDR5-6000 and up to DDR5-8000 (with XMP 3.0). He also updated the series Kingston FURY Beast with densities between 1x 16 GB and 4x 32 GB and speeds between DDR5-4800 and DDR5-6800.

Another updated product group was storage, highlighting the Kingston Swift Internal SSD FURY RenegadeM.2 connected to PCIe Gen 4, with capacities from 500 GB to 4 Tbytes and data transfer up to 7,300 Mbytes per second.