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> It might save on thickness, but I'm not buying the slim chasses argument being the only reason Soldered memory allows higher bus frequency much, much easier.
by pbmonster 3y ago
> It might save on thickness, but I'm not buying the slim chasses argument being the only reason
Soldered memory allows higher bus frequency much, much easier. From a high frequency perspective, the slots are a nightmare.
- Jetrel 3y agoIt's not soldered. It used to be, but ever since the M1, it's in-CPU. The ram is actually part of the CPU die. Needless to say it has batshit insane implications for memory bandwidth. I've got an M1, and the load time for apps is absolutely fucking insane by comparison to my iMac; there's at least one AAA game whose loading time dropped from about 5 minutes on my quad-core intel, to 5 seconds on my mac studio. There's just a shitload of text-processing and compiling going on any time a large game gets launched. It's been incredibly good for compiling C++ and Node apps, as well.