> Probably the same would apply to memory, maybe with replaceable memory chips
The memory chip is embedded in the SoC, how do you envision a way to do replacement of memory chips with this design/architecture?
The memory chip is embedded in the SoC, how do you envision a way to do replacement of memory chips with this design/architecture?
https://www.anandtech.com/show/21390/micron-ships-crucialbra...
Even if Apple wanted to support modular memory, which they obviously don't, the ultra-tiny form factor of the new Mini would probably still rule it out though. Soldering the memory down is still more compact.
It's basically a 12 year old PC shrunk into a tiny box and low power budget.
My point is that this size of device is already available with upgradability so the form factor isn't the issue. Apple is significantly better at engineering products than these random companies and they could surely have made this new Mac Mini upgradeable. I do understand why they wouldn't want to though!
That N100 is an Intel Atom, quite a bit of a downgrade from the M4 with the fastest CPU cores out there.
The pin density on a bga memory is like, 0.3mm for the type typically used by apple. That’s 200 0.3mm pins that have to line up and work at 4GHz and survive you dropping it 5 feet.