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Now that CAMM is a thing, there's nothing that forbids it from being used for non-laptop machines.
by o11c 3y ago
Now that CAMM is a thing, there's nothing that forbids it from being used for non-laptop machines.
- wmf 3y agoUnfortunately CAMM appears to have a larger footprint than a DIMM slot.
- phkahler 3y ago>> Unfortunately CAMM appears to have a larger footprint than a DIMM slot. We need a new motherboard form factor that assumes no PCIe graphics card. I like my ITX box and put the power connector and button where the expansion slot would normally go because I used an APU. But we could do a lot better with the board size by assuming integrated graphics. A lower riser on the back would be nice too - maybe only 2 USB high.
- tracker1 3y agoAt that point, you can get a complete mini PC with a higher end laptop APU with a raised power limit anyway.
- hajile 3y agoWe need a new form factor that allows a small motherboard to be parallel to a back-mounted GPU/PCIe. This is what people are already trying to do with SFF cases and those wonky PCIe cables/boards.
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoTrue enough but not so so awful. > Nominal module dimensions listed in the standard point to "various" form factors for the modules, with the X-axis measuring 78 mm (3.07 inches) and the Y-axis 29.6–68 mm (1.17–2.68 inches). From Artechnica. Whereas a regular DIMM is 5.5 inches long & narrow on the Y.
- Tuna-Fish 3y agoThe footprint of a DIMM slot is not just the area the slot itself takes. DIMMs force you to do a lot of length-matching, which takes a lot of PCB space (and layers). The actual footprint of the DIMMs also includes all the space between the slots and the CPU. Especially LPCAMM2 does this inside the connector, and you can place the connector as close as you can without causing clearance issues.
- AdrianB1 3y agoI think CAMM direct comparison is SO-DIMMs where the DIMM is parallel with the mainboard.