New iMac Pro & Apple TV hardware, increased MacBook Pro orders expected in 2021

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  • Reply 21 of 23
    MarvinMarvin Posts: 15,435moderator
    muaddib said:
    Apple may wait until TSMC goes to 3nm for the iMac 27" and Mac Pro M processors.
    I suspect they are waiting for DDR5 memory chips, the first ones are just coming out:

    https://www.tweaktown.com/news/76780/teamgroup-has-samples-of-ddr5-memory-ready-working-with-mobo-makers/index.html
    https://www.anandtech.com/show/15912/ddr5-specification-released-setting-the-stage-for-ddr56400-and-beyond

    "DDR5 will allow for individual memory chips up to 64Gbit in density, which is 4x higher than DDR4’s 16Gbit density maximum."

    Apple could offer a lower density memory similar to DDR4 on the entry models to keep the price down and use higher density for the 32GB options. 64GB may not be available until later but it depends on how they designed it. They might be able to stack the 32GB memory. For higher than 64GB, they could have an external memory system in addition to the on-chip memory in the iMac and Mac Pro but 64GB would probably be enough for the iMac for now.
  • Reply 22 of 23
    What does PEBCAK mean?
    Select the word in question, on Mac force-touch or right click on it, or on iOS long press on it and "Look up PEBCAK". You're welcome.
  • Reply 23 of 23
    spice-boyspice-boy Posts: 1,450member
    spice-boy said:
    Now if Apple could only make a stable, drama free OS for it's Macs....
    They absolutely do. My Macs have been stable and drama free for well over a decade. Your drama problems may be PEBCAK.
    Bug Sur is the first OS which put my Mac in a coma. I have used Macs since the very first Power Mac early 90's. Got another theory? Keep drinking the Apple cool aid and blaming others for bad software. 
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