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I need 64GB, this Intel new generation will be useless to me. I think Dell XPS is the only laptop with Qualcomm Snapdragon X that offers 64GB currently.

I see upgradable RAM as on of the big advantages of x64 laptops over Apple and Qualcomm. Not sure Intel's current strategy to emulate their competitors, rather than play to it's own strong points is a good one.

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From the article:

"In fact, Intel’s future hardware will offer upgradeable RAM. Jim Johnson, Senior Vice President at Intel, explicitly said about user-upgradeable RAM: “We will offer those options in the future.” He also said that the “next turn of the roadmaps will offer more traditional options.”"

Ideally, some RAM on a tight and close bus with high bandwidth is a good thing to have in the CPU package. Xeons have HBM since the Phi alongside motherboard based memory.

Are you in the market for a 4+4 core 15 watt CPU to go with your 64GB of memory?

This is not a full lineup of chips. This is a very narrow set of parts.

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