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To you an titzer, as much as I don't like non-modular RAM, what I am advocating for goes even beyond this. Allow the soldered on ram to be upgradable, or put v
by sitkack 6y ago
To you an titzer, as much as I don't like non-modular RAM, what I am advocating for goes even beyond this.
Allow the soldered on ram to be upgradable, or put vacant spots for more ram to be added later.
Allow HBMs to be stacked, or sell a machine with the HBM not attached and I can source one myself.
There absolutely could be a socketed standard for memory.
But in general I am arguing for a more upgradable philosophy and manufacturers should be obligated to adhere to that philosophy. The technicals will always be changing, it isn't really a technical problem at all.
- hedora 6y agoWe already have standard pinouts, etc for DRAM. However, desoldering and resoldering in new chips is error prone, requires special equipment, is labor intensive and can damage nearby capacitors, etc. Anyway, if you want, nothing (except economics) is stopping you from upgrading your soldered DRAM.