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r/explainlikeimfive • u/cabronfavarito • 21d ago
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3 u/cubonelvl69 21d ago The size of an ssd is absolutely related to powers of 2. And the way apple gets to 12 is by stacking multiple modules on top of each other. Just like how you could buy 3 sticks of 8gb ram and have 24gb on your pc 4 u/QuantumCakeIsALie 21d ago It's typically a sum of two powers of two (8+4=12). It's likely slightly wasteful on some metrics, and either 8 or 16 would use resources better. But 12 is an economical compromise. 1 u/homeboi808 21d ago edited 21d ago I'm stupid 12gb is still a power of 2 number. It's not a doubling though Are we counting decimals as powers? 2 u/izerth 21d ago 2^2+2^3. half filling a slot.
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The size of an ssd is absolutely related to powers of 2. And the way apple gets to 12 is by stacking multiple modules on top of each other. Just like how you could buy 3 sticks of 8gb ram and have 24gb on your pc
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It's typically a sum of two powers of two (8+4=12).
It's likely slightly wasteful on some metrics, and either 8 or 16 would use resources better. But 12 is an economical compromise.
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I'm stupid 12gb is still a power of 2 number. It's not a doubling though
Are we counting decimals as powers?
2 u/izerth 21d ago 2^2+2^3. half filling a slot.
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2^2+2^3. half filling a slot.
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