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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by ixwt on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @03:28PM (#28608858)
>With RAM, the problem is more that high capacity LPDDR4 modules simply aren't available on SODIMMs.

And I don't think they ever will be. From the little bit that I've read, the higher voltage that SODIMMs have to use has to do with noise in transmission. LPDDR4s have been connection through the direct solder, so are able to use lower voltages.

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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by babypuncher on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @07:25PM (#28611281)
I'm not an electrical engineer but I have a hard time believing we can't design a socket that provides a connection as stable and free from interference as a solder joint. It could mean making a PGA or LGA socket similar to what we use for CPUs, but it should still be perfectly doable.
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Re:The Framework is the most exciting laptop I've used by jeffbee on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @07:35PM (#28611368)
You'll note that the Framework does not have a socketed CPU, either. Because that would be a disaster.
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