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minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 days agoThey’re using the new SOCAMM standard, which current consumer hardware can’t use. It’s a different physical interface. Whether it will end up coming to consumer grade motherboards… 🤷♂️
minus-squareBronzebeard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoIf it’s just a physical connector and doesn’t require a special CPU, then I could see motherboard makers making that switch if there’s a glut of the memory available.
They’re using the new SOCAMM standard, which current consumer hardware can’t use.
It’s a different physical interface.
Whether it will end up coming to consumer grade motherboards… 🤷♂️
man that sucks.
If it’s just a physical connector and doesn’t require a special CPU, then I could see motherboard makers making that switch if there’s a glut of the memory available.