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antonly
Well, here's the AI box that people were waiting for! 128Gbyte of memory with 256Gbyte/s bandwidth! Going to be super interesting to see pricing!

[edit] Pricing seems to be around 2k, which is awesome!

replete
$1999 is impressive for 128GB unified memory, the 8060S GPU with the Ryzen APU on this machine is similar to a 4060 in performance, with dynamic VRAM this is an interesting option for an AI box.

Later a demo was showed with multiple networked boards in one case.

An AMD guy came on later and said they are focusing on Rocm in 2025, let's see what that means.

ktallett
The lack of swappable ram feels very much against their ethos. I am not sure I can get behind this no matter the price.
pcdoodle
They couldn't hit the memory bandwidth target for AI workloads with slotted RAM, they said in the demo.
ktallett
It still goes against the principal of the company.
bbkane
Maybe, but for very good reasons I think.
ktallett
I would argue otherwise, I understand the financial reasons to look towards the AI market but I wouldn't say you should sully a brand and its philosophy for cash everytime.
pcdoodle
Framework is really doing something special.

They're ticking boxes and finding some really cool niches IMO.

1oooqooq
ai bs will be the final nail on ECC ram's coffin. :(

last viable ecc architecture on laptops will now be soldered for insignificant latency box numbers.