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On the latest episode of the Accidental Tech Podcast they were discussing a patent related to this fancy interconnect stuff, and it sounds like not only do they
by deergomoo 5y ago
On the latest episode of the Accidental Tech Podcast they were discussing a patent related to this fancy interconnect stuff, and it sounds like not only do they need two fully functioning M1 Max's, but they also need to be adjacent on the wafer. Although I guess at least they can still use the non-defective M1 Max in any pair.
- Applejinx 5y agoThat would be an interesting approach: don't know if it's what they're doing, but if they're like 'make M1 Ultras predominantly, but then if they break you're making M1 Max with an attached bit that has to be trimmed off', that's pretty ingenious.
- grishka 5y agoI think I've seen a picture of a decapped M1 Max and it had this extra part on the side that never appeared in Apple renders. It was back then when this speculation of it having multiprocessor interconnect started. It was then also confirmed by Asahi Linux people from the software side of things. So no, they don't even bother to trim it off.