Micron announces that its latest "1-alpha" DRAM is ready to ship

[Redaktion]

Micron has launched its latest form of DRAM, which is also now in volume production. It is based on the company's 1-alpha (1α, or fourth-generation) 10 nanometer (nm) node, and also incorporates 176-layer NAND for the first time. Micron asserts that has up to 40% more memory cells, and is up to 15% more power-efficient, than its predecessor.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Micron-announces-that-its-latest-1-alpha-DRAM-is-ready-to-ship.517274.0.html

[vertigo]

Hopefully OEMs will actually take advantage of this to start making 16GB the new baseline and 32GB more widely available. I hate that my brand new, otherwise very capable laptop is still limited by having only 16GB or RAM. And yes, for me, that is a a limitation.

[Bratok]

EUV lithography uses 13.5nm, not 32.
Also, the lower wavelength itself likely isn't the reason they didn't go with EUV, but rather significantly higher cost.