On: M3 CPU cores have become more versatile

[LoganDark]

> LPDDR is always at least as close to the processor, and is often in-package

Are you talking about SoCs? Regular laptop/desktop APUs don't usually include their own RAM.

[wtallis → LoganDark]

It would be pretty weird to ignore the existence of smartphones when discussing LPDDR, since they probably account for most of the volume of LPDDR sold. Lots of smartphone SoCs, all of Apple's laptop SoCs, and that one Intel custom job for Asus last year have LPDDR in-package, while the rest of the x86 systems with LPDDR have it on the motherboard at similar distances from the processor as GDDR.

[LoganDark → wtallis]

> It would be pretty weird to ignore the existence of smartphones

Not really. It's pretty difficult to do LLM development work on a smartphone.