JEDEC updates LPDDR5/5X SPD with Enhanced Mode Switching support

JEDEC has officially updated its LPDDR5/5X Serial Presence Detect (SPD) Contents standard, adding support for calculating recovery time when switching operating modes, with JESD406-5D.

Bill Gervasi of Monolithic Power Systems, and chair of the JEDEC SPD Task Group, commented: “Reducing power consumption has become imperative for computing systems as the use of AI and other demanding applications accelerate. The updates to the JESD406-5 standard are an important enabler for systems to optimise performance while maintaining a lower power profile.”

JEDEC highlights that LPDDR5/5X memory devices are capable of supporting two sets of timing parameters – both a full-speed mode and a reduced speed mode that consumes less power.


This feature allows for longer battery life for mobile devices, it says, a common application for LPDDR5/5X chips and modules.


Now, the updated JESD406-5 standard documents key parameters for calculating the switching time between the fast and low power modes. This feature will help with efficiency and allow higher system performance.

JESD406-5D is available for free download from the JEDEC website.

Image: Micron LPDDR5 memory

 

Alun Williams

Alun Williams

Web Editor of Electronics Weekly, he is the author of the Gadget Master and Electro-ramblings blogs and also covers space technology news. He has been working in tech journalism for worryingly close to thirty years. In a previous existence, he was a software programmer.

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