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Or Apple switch them to the A series processors! Although I really cannot see that happening on the pro lineup anytime soon (Although I think its highly likely on the air and non-pro MacBooks)

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I read somewhere that it wouldn't actually help at the moment. LPDDR4 on the A series chips is in the same package as the CPU. From what I understand, this is the only current way that anyone in the industry is using LPDDR4.

What Intel is promising is LPDDR4 packaged in it's own chip(s) on the motherboard.

In the iPads, the RAM is not stacked onto the CPU, it's normal separate chips. e.g. two Micron here: https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/WHKDR5ZU6SSQA3qa

Had to double check that....but you're correct. So now I'm really hoping for a AX macbook pro. Imagine what the A12X in the newest ipad could push if you added some nice cooling to it ;)

As long as you aren't using any Adobe software.

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