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It looks like speculation that Apple would raise the base chip’s maximum RAM from 32GB to 48GB was wrong. Apple also launched the base M6 today with a 32GB RAM
by alberth 1mo ago
It looks like speculation that Apple would raise the base chip’s maximum RAM from 32GB to 48GB was wrong.
Apple also launched the base M6 today with a 32GB RAM limit, suggesting 512GB may remain the maximum for Ultra chips for some time. Since these Ultra chips combine 16 base chips:
32GB × 16 = 512GB
- wmf 1mo agoAFAIK these "rules" are artificial and there's nothing stopping Apple from having twice as much RAM. They just don't want to.
- dannyw 1mo agoThey probably literally don't have enough NAND to go around. 768GB of memory (48GB x 16) is enough for nearly 100 iPhone 17s; that's $80k (corrected) of iPhones at MSRP, although likely much lower margins than these high-RAM boxes.
- summarity 1mo agoThey also cancelled availability of the 512 M3 Ultra months ago in many regions, likely just redirecting memory
- hebelehubele 1mo ago800 USD/iPhone x 100 iPhones = 80k USD
- dannyw 1mo agoOops, thank you, corrected.
- HSO 1mo agothey`re skipping m6 pro and ultra