[Discuss] mainboard vs. motherboard

Kent Borg kentborg at borg.org
Tue Jun 18 13:17:21 EDT 2024


On 6/18/24 10:01, Rich Pieri wrote:
> Frameworks' mainboards are motherboards: they have RAM
> module sockets.

Yes, and they also have SSD sockets. And that must be where the wifi 
board plugs in.

This risc-v board, however, will have soldered RAM and the only mass 
storage will be a soldered emmc and a micro SD slot. (Basically 
limitations of the CPU chip.) Which makes it more of a mainboard than 
the others…


-kb



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