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I'm not sure I buy the narrative about 1mm connectors. You don't currently line up the contacts on your graphics card - the card only fits into the slot one way

I'm not sure I buy the narrative about 1mm connectors. You don't currently line up the contacts on your graphics card - the card only fits into the slot one way. What is preventing us from taking the current design and doubling the number of contacts? Manufacturing tolerances get smaller, but they're certainly going to get smaller if we start printing the same number of connections.

chiph 13y ago
It's a little hard to make out, but if you look at the photo of the ARA, those aren't 100-pin connectors -- they're more like USB connectors. Power + Data = 4 pins. So not all that hard to line up, especially if you have guides in the screen portion to slide in your modules. And unlike USB, there'd only be one way to orient the pluggable module. :) My chief concern would be pocket lint getting in there.
- sirkneeland 13y ago
  and dust, and sweat, and humidity...