Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,...

8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro ‘Analogous to 16GB’ on PCs, Claims Apple::Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,…

  • Synthead@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Lower latency can be a big help as it allows quicker access

    How much latency? Consider the speed of electricity at a few centimeters.

    there’s a reason CPUs have caches on the die

    The static RAM on the die is a different type of memory that’s appropriate for the CPU to use. It’s not that short conductor lengths magically make it faster.