The upcoming EliteBook X laptops will boast a whopping 128 GB LPDDR5X memory clocked at 8533 MT/s, which is higher than AMD's advertised max memory speed for the Strix Point.
HP Goes Beyond Expectations By Announcing Faster and Higher Memory Capacity for The EliteBook X Laptops
It may be too soon to conclude that the announced specifications of upcoming HP laptops are fully correct. Considering that three such models offer the same memory configuration, it looks surprising and too good to be true. As spotted by the user @AnhPhuH, HP has listed three models of the upcoming EliteBook X laptops featuring AMD's Zen 5 chips.
If isn't a typo, then this is the first laptop featured with 128GB LPDDR5x-8533 128-bit memory.
That would mean it's using four 256Gb x32 modules (?!). As far as I know, all three major DRAM manufacturers currently only have 128Gb x32 modules.https://t.co/H9MSGUwyj3 pic.twitter.com/cvs9S6yExS— Hoang Anh Phu (@AnhPhuH) February 6, 2025
There are three models in the series, namely the HP EliteBook X G1a, offering three different processor options. The laptop can feature the Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 or the Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 from the Strix Point family. The design and core features are mostly the same on all three models, but it looks surprising that they all feature a whopping 128 GB of memory, which is unknown now.
As per the user @AnhPhuH, all three major DRAM manufacturers only have 128Gb x32 modules, not 256Gb x32, and a 128 GB memory configuration is only possible with the latter. 256Gb x32 denotes 64 GB 32-bit memory modules that offer up to 128-bit memory interface for data transmission. There seems to be a slight chance that the 128GB LPDDR5X memory is a typo, but nothing has been confirmed officially.
Moreover, the memory speed mentioned in the specs of those models is higher than what AMD advertises for the Strix Point CPUs. Even though both series can support up to 256 GB of LPDDR5X memory, the maximum speed they can support is 8000 MT/s. However, the EliteBook X G1a specs show support of up to 8533 MT/s, which is even harder to achieve at a higher RAM capacity.
Nothing adds up logically, but we have to wait for AMD and HP's comments on the listed specification and whether Strix Point can really support 8533 MT/s. We also have to see if any DRAM manufacturer is offering 64 GB LPDDR5X memory modules for the Strix Point.
News Source: HP
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