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		PicassoCTs on July 23, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Framework Laptop is now shipping We have cpus with lots of pins, nobody is stopping ram from switching to a cpu socket layout..

emteycz on July 23, 2021 [–]

Laptop CPU is onboard for the same reasons RAM is. This is not about the amount of pins, it's about power requirements for signal clarity.

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