So at least we know the SSD on the Mac Pro will still be replaceable, like it is today. There wouldn't be any reason to have a non-user-accessible flash cart if they didn't plan to make a replaceable one.
I wonder if anyone has compared the pinout of the Mac Studio's flash carts to the flash carts in the iMac Pro and Mac Pro. The Mac Studio carts are shorter, so maybe the notch is moved to make them physically incompatible.
I haven't yet been able to find a report of anybody who has changed the flash carts in an iMac Pro, but I bet it's the same process as the Mac Pro. Shut down, pull the SSDs, restore the T2 using Apple Configurator. The Mac Studio and new Mac Pro will probably be the same once Apple Configurator is updated for the new Mac Pro.
You're wrong. This is not SDSD. it's just NAND memory modules. All electronics, drivers are on the motherboard. This cannot be changed
Yes, that's why I said "flash carts". The iMac Pro and 2019 Mac Pro work the same way. They each have two carts which contain flash chips which are then connected to the storage controller in the T2.
This is clearly the same thing with a different form factor. There would be no reason to update the form factor if they didn't plan to make a model with user-replaceable flash carts, like they did with the 2019 Mac Pro. It's not like there are enough option combinations for the Mac Studio's storage to need to be slotted for that reason.
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This is clearly the same thing with a different form factor. There would be no reason to update the form factor if they didn't plan to make a model with user-replaceable flash carts, like they did with the 2019 Mac Pro. It's not like there are enough option combinations for the Mac Studio's storage to need to be slotted for that reason.