It looks like speculation that Apple would raise the base chip’s maximum RAM from 32GB to 48GB was wrong.

Apple also launched the base M6 today with a 32GB RAM limit, suggesting 512GB may remain the maximum for Ultra chips for some time. Since these Ultra chips combine 16 base chips:

32GB × 16 = 512GB

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dannyw 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They probably literally don't have enough NAND to go around. 768GB of memory (48GB x 16) is enough for nearly 100 iPhone 17s; that's $80k (corrected) of iPhones at MSRP, although likely much lower margins than these high-RAM boxes.

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summarity 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They also cancelled availability of the 512 M3 Ultra months ago in many regions, likely just redirecting memory

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hebelehubele 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

800 USD/iPhone x 100 iPhones = 80k USD

	▲	dannyw 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Oops, thank you, corrected.

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HSO 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

they`re skipping m6 pro and ultra