Apple Studio Display has 64GB of onboard memory
On the occasion of the "Peek Performance" event held on March 8, Apple presented, in addition to the powerful Mac Studio, a desktop equipped with the new M1 Ultra SoC, top of the range of the current Apple Silicon chip line, also the Studio monitor Display, meant to be paired with the previous Mac Studio to provide a professional setup. Studio Display features a 27 ″ 5K panel with a maximum brightness of 600 nits, glass with nano-texture to minimize reflections, support for over a billion colors and the P3 color gamut, as well as the integration of True Tone technology , already used in other devices of the company, for an automatic color adjustment based on the ambient light.Surely, one of the elements that struck users the most was the 'announcement of the use of the A13 Bionic chip, the same as the iPhone 11, for tasks such as image processing from the webcam (and related Center Stage technology) and Spatial Audio (given the presence of a system consisting of six speakers, 4 woofers and 2 tweeters). Apparently, as reported by Khaos Tian on Twitter, and later picked up by 9to5Mac, the monitor also has 64GB of onboard storage.
lol Studio Display has 64GB onboard storage ?! pic.twitter.com/XfHGCYUYMG
- Khaos Tian (@KhaosT) March 21, 2022
At the moment, we do not know why there is storage memory inside the device (of which it seems that less than 2GB are currently used). Most likely, since Studio Display can be updated via software, it makes sense that this memory is used for any updates, even if its size appears quite excessive. It should also be considered that the A13 Bionic is the same used in the iPhone 11, so it is possible that Apple has produced many chips for the entry level model of the iPhone 11 (which was indeed equipped with 64GB of storage space) and simply chose to reuse. any inventories in this way.
Apple Studio Display has 64GB of storage capacity, only uses 2GB
Apple's latest display comes with a pile of embedded memory, though most of it may be inaccessible to the end-user.
Each year the tech world gets to ogle at all the newest products from the biggest names in the industry. One such giant is Apple, creators of the iPhone and modern gatekeepers of the application store. Apple's newest Studio Display has been making headlines since it debuted alongside the new Mac Studio PC. Some early adopters have noted that the Studio Display comes with 64GB of storage embedded into the unit, though only 2GB of the total capacity is accessible by the end-user.
The Apple Studio Display was shown off to the world last week during the Apple Peek Performance digital event. It didn’t take long before one eagle-eyed Twitter user noticed an oddity with the Studio Display’s memory configuration.
The Studio Display contains the same A13 Bionic SoC that makes up the heart of the iPhone 11 series, as well as the 9th-generation iPad family. It would seem that Apple may have taken advantage of the economies of scale provided by its global iPhone production network and opted to outfit each of these new monitors with the same internal guts as its popular mobile devices.
As far as why 64GB of memory was used instead of the 2GB allotted, it probably came down to the 64GB option being the most cost-effective solution. The Studio Display doesn’t offer functionality beyond acting as a USB hub with speakers, so there isn’t a real reason to offer the full storage amount to the customer. Could this monitor have been cheaper with what amounts to an iPhone embedded inside? Possibly, but that’s a question that only Apple could answer.
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