The prior base model spread the load over two 128 Gig Flash chips on separate channels. Sounds like they had trouble sourcing enough of those and had to use a s

The prior base model spread the load over two 128 Gig Flash chips on separate channels. Sounds like they had trouble sourcing enough of those and had to use a single 256 Gig chip instead. I haven't seen a teardown yet, but it's the only thing that makes sense. Up until recently, Apple had been fairly immune to the supply troubles other vendors have been suffering from, since they lock in components on a long term contract. I guess the pandemic supply chain problems lasted longer than their component contracts did.