Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoMicrosoft sets 16GB default for RAM for AI PCs – machines will also need 40 TOPS of AI compute: Reportwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down19
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minus-squarefrankpsy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·6 months agoApple: what’s wrong with just 8GB RAM?
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·6 months agoYeah, and solder it onto the board while you’re at it! Who ever needs to upgrade or perform maintenance anyways?
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down15·6 months agoThey do make the most of it though. Soldered RAM can be much faster than socketed RAM, which is why GPUs do it too.
minus-squarelocuester@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoMy knowledge of electrical engineering has not shown that solder increases performance. Do you have some more information on this?
minus-squareemptiestplace@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoI think you mean unified (on-die) RAM can be faster.
minus-squarebamboo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoWell, that too, but that’s not particularly common on laptops or GPUs. Even in Apple silicon it’s not the same die, but it is the same package.
Apple: what’s wrong with just 8GB RAM?
Yeah, and solder it onto the board while you’re at it! Who ever needs to upgrade or perform maintenance anyways?
They do make the most of it though. Soldered RAM can be much faster than socketed RAM, which is why GPUs do it too.
My knowledge of electrical engineering has not shown that solder increases performance. Do you have some more information on this?
I think you mean unified (on-die) RAM can be faster.
Well, that too, but that’s not particularly common on laptops or GPUs. Even in Apple silicon it’s not the same die, but it is the same package.
Why is that?