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@ Nathan Day
2025-03-12 18:31:15
"One tradeoff on the memory though is that fanning out that giant 256-bit memory bus requires the LPDDR5x to be soldered. When we learned about Ryzen AI Max, our first question for AMD was whether using LPCAMM2 was possible to modularize the memory. Instead of immediately saying “No, it’s not possible,” AMD allocated technical architects and engineers to spend days testing out different layouts and running simulations. They then finally concluded that it was in fact not possible without massively downclocking the memory, which would defeat the purpose of having a wide memory bus and large GPU. We accepted the tradeoff of using soldered memory, and unlike some electronics brands, aren’t using that as an excuse to charge obscene sums for higher memory capacity."