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I understand that additional RAM chips onboard would cause increased power consumption, but I am confused about why a chip with the same physical footprint and
by scott_karana 12y ago
I understand that additional RAM chips onboard would cause increased power consumption, but I am confused about why a chip with the same physical footprint and more storage would cause increased standby consumption.
Does a DRAM refresh for a denser chip draw substantially more power, or something?
(Legitimate question, I am obviously not an expert and I'd just love to learn more about this)
- mwcampbell 12y agoI'm no expert either. Honestly, I was just guessing. I observed that Apple was sticking with 1 GB of RAM for the third iPhone model in a row, and figured there must be a good reason. But maybe they're just being cheap because they think it doesn't matter.