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by SloopJon 586 days ago
The picture shows a 2230-ish drive. I would be somewhat surprised if the 8TB option in the M4 Pro is on that module. The different chips may do storage differently.
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It’s visually similar to a 2230, but does not appear to actually be a 2230 if you look closely at the pins.
Correct, it's not a 2230. Standard NVMe drives combine the NAND and controller onto a single module, but Apple Silicon machines have the SSD controller built into the main SOC, and the SSD module is just the raw NAND chips.
I searched for Mac Studio SSD upgrades, and I do indeed see modules that look just like the one in the picture. Not cheap.