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On-die memory is pretty much their one ace in the hole that nobody else will have the guts to match. Intel can't because their fabs are behind, and AMD probabl
by foobarian 6y ago
On-die memory is pretty much their one ace in the hole that nobody else will have the guts to match. Intel can't because their fabs are behind, and AMD probably doesn't have the resources to fork their architectures and/or piss off the server integrators.
I can't live without 64GB in my desktop and would love to have more, so the new Macs are not for me.
- kllrnohj 6y agoM1 isn't using on-die memory[1]. It's on-package, and likely little more than just off-the-shelf Micron or Samsung dram modules that are just soldered instead of socketed. 1: https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/ZRQGFteQwoIVFbNn https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/ZRQGFteQwoIVFbNn (from https://www.ifixit.com/News/46884/m1-macbook-teardowns-something-old-something-new https://www.ifixit.com/News/46884/m1-macbook-teardowns-somet... )
- foobarian 6y agoThanks for the correction, that's a big difference. Still a severe limit but seems more hopeful for larger options in the future.