the m4 mbp maxes out at 128GB unified memory? lame i want at least 256GB

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wouldn’t be surprised if we get m4 ultra and 256gb for the mac studio allegedly dropping this summer

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i don’t understand why there isn’t a 1TB unified memory mac studio

we’ll see. wouldn’t be surprised if they’re holding back higher memory configs for m5/6 so they look differentiated

1TB system memory would be dual or quad CPU territory in a traditional build, i.e. a server build with ECC memory. with single CPU Intel or AMD you would hit chipset memory controller limits at 128GB or maybe 256GB.

Apple Silicon architecture means  CPU/GPU/system memory/neural eng directly on the SoC, which has performance advantages since they all share that unified memory but then thermal limits as a result. harder to shove more and more memory onto the same SoC without hitting thermal issues, esp. for a small form factor like the studio.

I would expect the M4 studio to top out at either 128GB or 256GB, but maybe a new Mac Pro could have higher levels of expandability.