4 ms·
I had never heard of this M.2 form factor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2 How many computers (desktops or laptops) support
by haberman 8y ago
I had never heard of this M.2 form factor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2
How many computers (desktops or laptops) support this? I think it's safe to assume my MacBook pro doesn't have space for one of these inside.
- jpm_sd 8y agoIt's the replacement for mini-PCI-express and it's used in almost every laptop these days.
- haberman 8y agoGood to know. What I meant to say is that it doesn't appear that there is any space for users to add boards like this. in a MacBook pro (which is what I have). I was just confused since this talked about being something that would fit in a laptop, but I can't imagine a laptop shipping with an FPGA board inside it, unless it was a really specialized laptop meant for hardware development.
- Rebelgecko 8y agoSome MBPs can use M.2 interfaces although it requires an adapter to work with Apple's proprietary PCI-e connector. That said most people won't use these in laptops, and FPGA development on a Mac tends to be pretty frustrating anyways (at least in my experience).
- haberman 8y agoYes I've been getting into it lately and on my macOS machine it appears my only option for my Artix-7 board is to run Xilinx tools inside VirtualBox. :(