Framework: Solving for Silicon Shortages

Re:Framework: Solving for Silicon Shortages by mfer on Saturday October 23, 2021 @07:04PM (#28973238)

I wonder if they’ll do a Ryzen option anytime soon. Connecting displays and some of their modules (e.g. HDMI) appear to need thunderbolt. Ryzen doesn’t ship with that, yet.

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Re:Framework: Solving for Silicon Shortages by reacharavindh on Sunday October 24, 2021 @04:04AM (#28975795)

Didn’t intel release a Thunderbolt chipset for motherboard manufacturers to include? I thought some Ryzen motherboards had it to implement thunderbolt? Is it just not available in the low power-mobile category?

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Re:Framework: Solving for Silicon Shortages by mfer on Monday October 25, 2021 @02:39PM (#28991480)

There are just a couple that have and the reviews have been lack luster. If framework is trying to get things off the ground I would not expect them to spend a bunch of time going down this rabbit hole.

There are rumors that future Ryzens will have Thunderbolt but we'll need to wait for those then get into motherboards that are for this. It won't be right away.

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Re:Framework: Solving for Silicon Shortages by dathinab on Saturday October 23, 2021 @07:50PM (#28973538)

Are you sure it's thunderbolt and not USB-C/DP alternate mode?

Tbh. I tend to disable thunderbolt always due to security concerns which have more then once shown to be well founded.

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Re:Framework: Solving for Silicon Shortages by RL_Quine on Saturday October 23, 2021 @11:20PM (#28974643)

It’s thunderbolt physically, but they don’t call it that because they aren’t certified, or something like that.

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Re:Framework: Solving for Silicon Shortages by mshroyer on Sunday October 24, 2021 @12:50AM (#28975064)

It's Thunderbolt. (Typing this reply from a Framework laptop connected to a Thunderbolt dock.)

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