Framework

76 readers

1 users here now

Discussion around the Framework mission of building products that last longer by making them upgradeable, customizable, and repairable. Consumer electronics can be better for you and for the environment.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

communick@hardware.watch

ARM shift, complications? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by harg0w@alien.top to c/framework@hardware.watch

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Out of surprise, nvidia &amd (Well there's also qualcomm for those who care) are going ARM from 2025, presumably offering a single package SOC with both cpu&gpu? Or at least it would play quite differently, and I wonder if fw16 would suffice in its current form factor, or would there be a new fw15 etc in the works

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Zeddie-@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

I'm sure an ARM-based system can be done within the same motherboard form factor with both the 13 and 16. I don't expect Framework to do it themselves anytime soon. They may not be the first to take it up on the first generation either. I'd rather makers do it themselves as a pet project since they are the trailblazers. A PoC (proof of concept) as it were.

I don't have the skills to do something like that, but it would be cool to see if someone creates a carrier board that lets a RPi work in a FW chassis. Or maybe an even more powerful ARM or even RISC-V based single board computer.