DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board

Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by 2bluesc on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:00AM (#22614034)

I don't understand why they populate MiniPCIe vs an M.2 slot.

Anyone know?

Only thing I can imagine is the key variants for M.2 are more complicated.

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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by numpad0 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:17AM (#22614107)

Compatibility? Something like Iridium radio might still be using miniPCIe. And you wouldn’t want adapters in embedded.

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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by srcmap on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:17AM (#22614109)

MiniPCIe allows for adding wifi, network, storage (M.2) and other cards.

M.2 limit to only storage.

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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by XMPPwocky on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:21AM (#22614129)

M.2 can be used for PCIe (including NVMe, wifi+bt, LTE modems, etc), SATA (storage only), or other weird stuff depending on the keying.

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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by Const-me on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:33AM (#22614179)

Afaik large share of embedded WiFi/BT and 3G/4G chips are USB ones?

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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by throwaway2048 on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @03:00AM (#22614300)

m.2 can have USB lanes aswell

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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by dagi3d on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @02:27AM (#22614147)

Aren't there WiFi and Bluetooth cards using the M.2 interface?

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Re:DFI GHF51: AMD Ryzen R1000 on a Raspberry Pi Sized Board by aaronmdjones on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @06:37AM (#22615195)

Yes. The A/E keys allow for PCIe and USB, among others. My Intel Wireless-AC 8265 WiFi+Bluetooth card is an M.2 22x30 card.

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