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Re:Details on AMD's Quirky Chipset Solutions for AM5 by toast0 on Monday May 23, 2022 @03:02AM (#31476076)
> #1 expected ASM4242 mux with 2x DP for APUs -- It'd be nice if these pins could export additional PCIe lanes for non-APU systems.

Keynote slides that just came out show RDNA2 in the Zen4 I/O die, so it looks like there won't be non-APU systems. I think you'd have trouble using pins for PCIe sometimes, and DisplayPorts other times, depending on the CPU you install, would make things more confusing, IMHO.

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Re:Details on AMD's Quirky Chipset Solutions for AM5 by mjevans on Monday May 23, 2022 @03:38PM (#31483938)
Yes, seeing those this morning, if even the higher end CPUs all come with at least an anemic framebuffer GPU a server could use the x8 and x8 links intended for a desktop's GPU as IO expansion slots. It looks more palatable as a 'could be pressed into service as a server' segment for both new and hand-it-down builds.
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