Although full-sized DDR4 DRAM modules have been around for about a year or so, since 2014's X99 chipset, they haven't been ported to laptop chipsets yet, since the current Z170-compatible laptop standard is the DDR3L SODIMM.

However, Apacer doesn't really care about DDR3L SODIMM standards and follows a pattern laid out by Micron to build DDR4 SODIMMs for laptops and give laptop users the great frequency improvements the DDR4 module usually comes with.

Being a set of high-speed DDR4 SO-DIMMs for gaming and business-class systems, Apacer's NOX DDR4 SO-DIMMs apparently take their name after the Roman goddess of the night, that "symbolizes power and mysterious energy" by giving mysterious system loading power to all who use the new memory standard SODIMM in their very special, indeed, laptops.

Apacer brings some pretty serious memory modules

The very first set of NOX SODIMMs comes with some very impressive specs. With a frequency of 3000MHz at 1.2V, and straight-out 16GB capacity per module from the outset, the new chips are no joking matter. Get a motherboard fully equipped with these memory modules and you'll find yourself working on a 64GB DDR4 RAM (16GB x 4) laptop which is pretty much unheard of.

Being primarily designed for gaming, the new modules are also very well suited for professionals working on mobile workstations that have high-performance requirements. Unfortunately, not much else is known about the new memory modules, things like latency or any overclocking limit, but this is clearly a start that many bigger companies will probably follow with much more streamlined products.

According to TechPowerUp, Apacer NOX DDR4 SO-DIMMs will be available very soon in the EU.

By: DocMemory
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