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by lemoncucumber 3110 days ago
Yeah, the current Intel chipsets support DDR4 which can go beyond 16GB or LPDDR3 which is capped at 16GB (LP = low power). So Apple had the choice between a higher RAM ceiling or longer battery life, and they choses longer battery life.

The forthcoming Cannon Lake chips will support LPDDR4, enabling MacBook Pros with a higher RAM ceiling without sacrificing power utilization.