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Re:Why systemd is a problem for embedded Linux by vbezhenar on Monday November 04, 2024 @12:33AM (#42038790)
Even Apple produced laptops with 8 GB RAM just recently, which they sold for hundreds of dollars with huge margins (AFAIK). If you're going to produce something with $50 cost, 1GB RAM cost will be meaningful.

In my experience production people will eat your soul for a single resistor if they can cut costs on it.

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Re:Why systemd is a problem for embedded Linux by pjmlp on Monday November 04, 2024 @02:04AM (#42039229)
That is the Apple tax on everything the fruit company sells, they always push the margins as far as fans are willing to pay for.
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Re:Why systemd is a problem for embedded Linux by kaba0 on Monday November 04, 2024 @12:54AM (#42038905)
That RAM is unified though, not a good comparison.

Also, just because something holds true at large numbers doesn't mean it scales all the way down. Either due to economies of scale, or the negligibly different architecture/components at that size.

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Re:Why systemd is a problem for embedded Linux by AnthonyMouse on Monday November 04, 2024 @01:43AM (#42039124)
The RAM is ordinary LPDDR5 organized into what is de facto just a large number of memory channels. It's not HBM or anything exotic, the cost of the RAM chips themselves are the same cost they are anywhere else.
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