Computex 2025: Kingston's CAMM2, Cache and a Rocket!

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Not just the money, but also the money printers. Nice kit, nice coverage.

I love the Cache pun.....

I get that CAMM2 looks like the future, but I really hope it doesn’t become an OEM-only upgrade path. Would love to see retail kits with standardized mounting and broad laptop support.

I get that CAMM2 looks like the future, but I really hope it doesn’t become an OEM-only upgrade path. Would love to see retail kits with standardized mounting and broad laptop support.

The students building a Kingston-branded rocket using their systems is a nice flex — shows how the tech feeds into real applications beyond just gaming or benchmarking.

Would’ve liked to see temperature readouts or thermals under load on the Fury Renegade Gen5 SSD. It’s the one metric too many brands avoid showing at shows.

Really glad to see Kingston doubling down on CAMM2. It’s still early days, but if they can bring it to volume with support across Intel and AMD mobile platforms, we could finally see real modularity in laptops again.

Kingston’s DDR5 RGB sync system may sound niche, but for clean build aesthetics and eliminating controller conflicts, it’s actually a functional improvement.

That RGB sync tech seems subtle but smart — if it eliminates the need for software to keep modules in sync, it could finally kill half the bloatware memory control apps out there.

I think a lot of people are underestimating how fast Gen5 SSDs can thermal throttle under load. If Kingston isn’t shipping a heatsink solution with Fury Renegade, it could be a problem.

CAMM2 being shown on a Z890 desktop board tells me Kingston’s trying to get ahead of the curve, even if it’s not something that hits consumer shelves for another generation or two.

Good content thanks leo

The memory density gains from CAMM2 are impressive — doubling per-module capacity without increasing physical height is ideal for thin-and-light machines or compact mobile workstations.

Nice to see Kingston show real Gen5 SSDs hitting spec. Some brands are still quoting theoretical maximums but falling short in real-world usage, especially with random 4K read/write.

great coverage guys as always

14GB/s Gen5 SSD speeds sound great, but I’d still like to see more talk around endurance and firmware-level stability under sustained workloads.

Up to 128GB per DDR5 module is crazy, but I’m hoping they maintain decent timings and latency — no point in huge capacity if you’re stuck with CL50 .

I’m curious how well those Fury kits scale across chipsets. 6800 MT/s is great, but memory controller variance between Intel and AMD is still a bottleneck for many DIY builders.

so x870e might have that camm2 or is it only intel?

Need to finally have CAMM2 on motherboards out there for the DIY market!

I really don’t want the camm2 format to work on desktop at all it will lock user into fixed default since manufacturers will integrate it into built in boards or in mini format pc right at thf botom with zero access unless you dismantle everything. Camm2 is every anti right to repair or upgrade plus venders will charge far more for its format than ddr5 cd

Not sold on CAMM on the desktop. Yes, it can run faster than DIMMs, but you give up the convenience of installation and, more importantly, the ability to expand later on without replacing the whole thing...

CAMM2’s biggest advantage over SO-DIMM is signal integrity. With the module mounted flat against the board, trace lengths are drastically reduced, which helps DDR5 stability at higher MT/s — that’s why we’re seeing 128GB modules rated up to 7467 .

SO-DIMM has the legacy advantage — existing infrastructure, compatibility, and standardized slots across vendors. CAMM2 needs full ecosystem support to avoid fragmentation, and right now, only a few motherboard vendors are experimenting with it.

That boot M.2 drive is likely a Gen3 x2 DRAM-less module designed for cold-boot reliability, not performance. Makes sense in an enterprise context where logging and OS loading don’t need peak bandwidth, just durability.

CAMM2 gives OEMs more layout flexibility, but users lose the convenience of pop-in/pop-out RAM. If the market shifts to soldered CPUs and proprietary CAMM2 layouts, DIY upgrade culture takes another hit.

With Kingston backing CAMM2 this hard, we could see mobile workstation vendors like Lenovo or Dell adopt it early — especially for ISV-certified laptops where ECC and density matter more than pure cost.

Latency may slightly improve with CAMM2 due to reduced pin-to-pin variance and shorter bus lengths, assuming motherboard trace routing is optimal and noise is minimized. SO-DIMM’s looser tolerances don’t scale as well past DDR5-6400.

Thermally, CAMM2 may be a mixed bag. Surface contact gives more cooling surface area, but if laptop OEMs skimp on proper heatsinking or airflow over the module, it could run hotter than vertically mounted SO-DIMMs with open exposure.

CAMM2 gives OEMs more layout flexibility, but users lose the convenience of pop-in/pop-out RAM. If the market shifts to soldered CPUs and proprietary CAMM2 layouts, DIY upgrade culture takes another hit.

CAMM2’s mechanical profile is a game-changer for ultra-thin notebooks and mobile workstations. By reducing Z-height, manufacturers can squeeze in denser batteries or better cooling solutions without sacrificing memory capacity.

If Kingston’s DDR5 kits are running 128GB at 6800MT/s in consumer configs, the real question is how stable those profiles are under AVX-heavy loads. Many kits throttle or crash when pushing past JEDEC spec outside synthetic tests.

Kingston’s RGB sync tech over IR is low-key brilliant. Avoiding extra traces or cables while still maintaining timing-based sync opens up possibilities for lower-power RGB control in embedded systems and small form factor builds.

In theory, CAMM2’s topology allows tighter timing tuning, especially if combined with onboard voltage regulation. With DDR5 this becomes even more relevant, since VDDQ tuning heavily impacts stability at high frequencies.

DDR5 scaling is where CAMM2 really shines. We’re seeing SO-DIMM hit instability at 6400 MT/s unless tuned heavily. CAMM2’s flat topology supports cleaner signal routing and better timing margins for high-frequency operation.

Kingston’s RGB sync tech over IR is low-key brilliant. Avoiding extra traces or cables while still maintaining timing-based sync opens up possibilities for lower-power RGB control in embedded systems and small form factor builds.

If Kingston’s DDR5 kits are running 128GB at 6800MT/s in consumer configs, the real question is how stable those profiles are under AVX-heavy loads. Many kits throttle or crash when pushing past JEDEC spec outside synthetic tests.

The use of CAMM2 in conjunction with a Gen5 SSD demo suggests they’re benchmarking against thermal bottlenecks. Would love to know if the CAMM2 module was actively cooled or running passive during display.

Kingston’s decision to showcase CAMM2 with Arrow Lake and a Z890 platform is interesting — Intel clearly has some internal roadmap alignment here, even if it’s not officially exposed to public SDKs yet.

Silicon Motion powering the Fury Gen5 SSD is a curious choice — they typically don’t push endurance as hard as Phison, so this might be more of a gaming/workstation-oriented drive rather than a raw enterprise performer.

SO-DIMM has the legacy advantage — existing infrastructure, compatibility, and standardized slots across vendors. CAMM2 needs full ecosystem support to avoid fragmentation, and right now, only a few motherboard vendors are experimenting with it.

With Kingston backing CAMM2 this hard, we could see mobile workstation vendors like Lenovo or Dell adopt it early — especially for ISV-certified laptops where ECC and density matter more than pure cost.

The real concern with CAMM2 is aftermarket and upgradability. SO-DIMMs are swappable and widely available

Camm2 needs to be mainstream

Is that the same Rosie from a couple of videos a while ago now?

The only rocket I can see there is that hot Asian woman 😍

A bit confused about that double length CAMM2 board given there isn't enough room to fit it on the mobo they were showing off.

And it won’t actually load anything faster than a SATA SSD.