I opened up a chat session with the 2nd smartest guy I know – OWC Product Marketing Manager, Chris Haeffner. So, I’ve been hearing some chatter about people complaining that the new M1 Macs have limited memory options available. But I have also seen folks say that perhaps memory works differently or is more efficient with an SoC architecture. Do you have any insight into this? I think it would make for a good blog piece.

Well, this is an intricate subject I think. Typically RAM in ARM (RISC) processors is very important, more important to performance than x86/64 (CISC) processors. What Apple is doing with their RAM management though might be the key here, I just haven’t looked into it in detail. Kinda gave me the chills! Would there be any value to us knowing this as a company (i.e. Putting the effort into a deeper understanding)? I know our readers would love to know more.