HOWEVER, it all comes down to adoption, adoption, adoption. Until several board makers are making boards with CAMM2 support and manufacturers are making CAMM2 format memory - it'll struggle to gain any adoption. If we're lucky it'll become popular in the enthusiast space with some very high-end boards, and gradually work its way down to mainstream. Or backwards, through things like Laptops.

It looks like a daughter board to me. From another site it appears these can hold anywhere from 8GB to 128GB, 256GB planned. Some additional discussion on Reddit [1]

[1] - https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/1dipisg/what_is_c...

In short:

RAM sticks aren't dying anytime soon, but DDR6/LPDDR modules may come in CAMM(2) formats for faster data transfer rates. It's still chips on a module, just with shorter traces to the CPU due to the orientation.

Also, given RAM shortage and the fact that DDR6 isn't anywhere near consumer availability, this will take a while, probably at least until mid-2028 for any kind of wide adoption. And it's likely that DDR6 will also still be available as sticks, at least in the budget/lower speed sector?

I doubt I will ever get a system with this type of ram, but if it can be easily upgraded then that is an improvement. I usually buy used or in reality I take Laptops from people I know who went and bought the latest and greatest hardware.

I am typing this on a T430 with NetBSD I got from a relative a year ago. I upgraded the ram to 16G back then and today I replaced the keyboard. The keyboard's power button stopped working, seems a small piece broke off over the years and it got to the point it needed replacement.

FWIW, I want a laptop where if you throw it at someone they will know it/s.