According to the latest Power On newsletter from Mark Gurman, Apple is preparing to include up to 1.5TB of RAM in the upcoming M7 Ultra chip. This’ll mean Apple Silicon will finally match the highest RAM configuration available on the highest end 2019 Intel Mac Pro.
The amount of RAM available in Apple Silicon Macs has always been a limitation, largely because Apple solders the RAM onto the same die as the processor – allowing for immensely high transfer speeds. This is what makes unified memory possible. Of course, it also means the amount of RAM is limited to how big the chipset is.
However, according to Mark Gurman, it sounds like Apple is finally preparing to close that gap. The company is preparing a configuration of the M7 Ultra chipset with 1.5TB of RAM:
The new Ultra is designed to support as much as 1.5 terabytes of memory — roughly double the capacity planned for the M5 Ultra — though whether Apple ultimately offers that configuration will depend on the state of the industry. Widespread memory-chip shortages have made the component harder to find and more expensive.
He does note that it might not end up launching with 1.5TB of RAM because of the ongoing memory shortage. Nonetheless, Apple is engineering the M7 Ultra to support it.
