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As stated previously, the sockets reduce signal integrity, which doesn't necessarily make them "bad," but is why Framework wasn't able to used socketed ram to maximize the potential of this CPU.

This sort-of-interview of Nirav Patel (ceo of framework) explains in a bit more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lErGZZgUbY

Basically, they need to use LPDDR5X memory, which isn't available in socketed form, because of signal integrity reasons.

Which means you won't see an improvement if you solder your ram directly, I think mostly because your home soldering job will suffer signal integrity issues, but also because your RAM isn't LPCAMM and isn't spread across a 256 bit bus.


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aeonik08/10/2025

They "why" hasn't been answered. I understand the previous statements very clearly. It makes intuitive sense to me, but I want to know more.

Like physics PhD-level more.

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