Apple has recently overhauled its entire M-Series chip plans, scrapping the launch of the M6 Pro and M6 Max processors and jumping straight to the M7 series. While the base M6 SoC is expected to launch, Apple is moving into the M7 series without the M6 Pro/Max variants, with plans to offer some...
A Mac with 1.5TB RAM would be expensive at the best of times. In 2027/2028 it might approach $50k, or even get into 6 figures.
It shouldn’t be, if Apple gets that import exemption from the Chinese memory manufacturer (ChangXin Memory Technologies) they are asking for. Apparently they’re already testing the CXMT chips to put in the phones sold in China, freeing up the orders/stock they’ve sourced already from “safe” sources, to go into their products sold in the rest of the world.
Smart move if they can finagle it.
Hopefully they can get it through before the fuckwits in the administration understand how effectively it can threaten the big AI players that Trump seems to be sniffing around.
You absolutely BET that he will scuttle any trade deal if it interferes with his own personal agenda WRT his investments in AI.
He’s that much a greedy cunt.
Or the more likely option that they get the cheaper ram from China and then double dip and use the ram scarcity excuse for higher prices
Big household name gaming companies have devs who burn 20k in tokens A MONTH.
A 50k machine that can run a model locally with 0 monthly costs will pay for itself in 3 months.