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[Pocster]

8 hours ago, -rick- said:

@Pocster How desperate are you?

 

 

Well ! Unfortunately as I presume you now realise the ram shortage is a massive problem - yes , even for Apple .

It did look obvious tbh - so now I have to wait for any indicator of ultra appearing and jump on it ! I guess it could be announced at wwdc - maybe have a date for pre orders . Buys Apple time to acquire ram whilst still be bigging up their product . That’s the best I can hope for - a definite date to refresh Apple Store !

[-rick-]

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/apple-may-take-several-months-to-catch-up-to-mac-mini-and-studio-demand/

 

Interestingly it mentions TSMC being a bottleneck. TSMC doesn't make RAM.

Edited 6 hours ago by -rick-

[Pocster]

2 hours ago, -rick- said:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/apple-may-take-several-months-to-catch-up-to-mac-mini-and-studio-demand/

 

Interestingly it mentions TSMC being a bottleneck. TSMC doesn't make RAM.

TSMC doesn’t make RAM, no one said they do. TSMC is the SoC bottleneck.

 

The RAM shortage is a separate bottleneck, and Apple clearly isn’t immune. Other manufacturers have openly said memory shortages are affecting them, and Cook has said Mac mini / Mac Studio supply-demand balance will take several months.

 

High-memory Mac mini / Studio configs are also exactly where the worst delays and unavailable options have shown up.

 

There are also multiple reports suggesting the memory shortage could last well into 2027 and possibly beyond, especially as AI demand keeps soaking up supply.

 

So pointing out that TSMC doesn’t make RAM doesn’t disprove the RAM issue; it just identifies a different bottleneck.

[-rick-]

9 minutes ago, Pocster said:

So pointing out that TSMC doesn’t make RAM doesn’t disprove the RAM issue; it just identifies a different bottleneck.

 

Sure, I just thought it was interesting to highlight.

[Pocster]

Even if Mac unified memory and iPhone RAM aren’t identical final packages, they come from the same constrained LPDDR supply chain. Apple then has to allocate that supply across products, and iPhone will obviously take priority over niche high-memory Mac configs.