> we could easily make a new "dumb" memory slot standard that would allow us to swap out the chips directly - like we have for CPUs. You could, but it would ta

> we could easily make a new "dumb" memory slot standard that would allow us to swap out the chips directly - like we have for CPUs. You could, but it would take up a lot of space, given the higher pin count, and would most likely increase power consumption.