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Rebelgecko on Nov 10, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple unveils M1, its first system-on-a-chip for p...

16gb can be limiting for some work flows today, and doesn't give you much future proofing (this RAM is permanent, right?)

judge2020 on Nov 10, 2020 [–]

Yes, it's in the SoC (or SiP now).

ghettoimp on Nov 10, 2020 | [–]

How do they get the ram into the SoC? Is it like a massive die?

judge2020 on Nov 10, 2020 | | [–]

Looks like it:

https://www.apple.com/v/mac/m1/a/images/overview/chip__fffqz...

https://www.apple.com/v/mac/m1/a/images/overview/chip_memory...

https://www.apple.com/mac/m1/

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