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Can we just go full back plane with the CPU being just one of those cards on the back plane?

• xxpor 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_1
  • rswskg 4y ago
    I had totally forgotten about those. Pretty cool in hindsight
  • mepian 4y ago
    I was thinking more about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus
• albrewer 4y ago
  If I recall correctly the only reason that configuration was abandoned was because the physical distance between the CPU and RAM needed to be as short as possible. I liked the Pentium 2 card as much as the next guy but I like faster system speeds more.
• undersuit 4y ago
  Intel has a NUC in that form now. PCI-E style backpane in the case can accepts 11th gen and 12th gen CPU boards and a full size GPU. https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/boards-kits/nuc/mini-pcs/nuc-12-extreme.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/boards... But I guess the CPU is still the hub of PCI-E networks right now.
  • eternityforest 4y ago
    If I wanted a desktop I'd be really excited about that right now.