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The point being made is that the processors that they will package with more memory are going to exist on larger dies. When you increase die size you decrease y

by psds2 6y ago

The point being made is that the processors that they will package with more memory are going to exist on larger dies. When you increase die size you decrease yield so you need to have a mature process.

jeffbee 6y ago
Why does that follow? 4 cores and 32GB makes fine sense.
- zeusk 6y ago
  It's actually 8 core, 4 big (Fire) and 4 small (Ice)
- psds2 6y ago
  But why would you offer your i3 with 32GB when you know you are going to make i5 and i7 processors soon? Apple could offer 32GB here but choose to not offer every configuration at every level.
scottlamb 6y ago
> The point being made is that the processors that they will package with more memory are going to exist on larger dies. Are they? I don't think this is how AMD does things—all their desktop and Threadripper processors are constructed out of 8-core chiplets. The higher-core count processors just use more chiplets per package, not necessarily larger dies. If Apple's already putting multiple chiplets on one package (core + RAM), I wonder if they'll use the same approach to scaling.