[q3k]

You can physically tell from how the chips look like.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac+Mini+(2024)+Chip+ID/178986

[calf]

Hah, I don't have enough experience to infer that. Do you mean by the orange rectangles in the image? It says two Micron brand SDRAMs.

And looking closely is that some kind of mounting bracket? They look like metal handles surrounding the square area.

[wmf]

Yeah, the point is that the orange chips are not Apple DRAM or TSMC DRAM; they're Micron DRAM. The same stuff that every company is fighting over.