Apple Vision Pro Headset to Feature Custom-Designed DRAM Chip
According to reports, Apple’s forthcoming AR headset, Vision Pro, is said to incorporate a specially designed dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that will effectively support Apple’s R1 input processing chip.
The Apple Vision Pro has two chips, including an M2 chip and an R1 chip, according to MacRumors. The Korea Herald was the first to report about it.
The M2 chip is responsible for processing content, running the visionOS operating system, running computer vision algorithms and providing graphical content, while the R1 chip processes all the information from the headset’s 12 cameras, five sensors and six microphones, and streams the images displayed in 12 milliseconds.
To meet the R1’s high-speed demands, the headset uses a 1-gigabit low-latency DRAM chip supplied by SK Hynix, with an increased number of input and output pins to reduce latency, according to the report.
Apple’s $3,500 headphones will go on sale early next year, starting in the United States.
Meanwhile, Apple has reportedly cut production plans for its Vision Pro Mixed Reality (MR) headset amid manufacturing challenges in China.
Apple has reportedly asked its main Vision Pro installer, Luxshare, to manufacture fewer than 400,000 units next year, according to a report in The Financial Times citing sources.
That’s said to be lower than the initial one million internal sales target.
