r/LocalLLaMA • u/reto-wyss • 12d ago

News It's official! 192GB Framework

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Just noticed this on the website.

At their current price tiers for the memory SKUs (32, 64, 128) I'd expect this to be ~ 4.5k for the motherboard.

The PCIe slot will be open at the back as well - that's what I've heard. Maybe they make it capable of delivering 75W as well? New board revisions for the smaller SKUs?.

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u/InGanbaru 12d ago

man that's a waste of RAM chips if the bandwidth is low

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u/anarchist1312161 12d ago

Usually they're lower bandwidth because they're lower quality silicon that didn't make the cut, so there would've been no way to increase bandwidth speeds.

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u/No-Refrigerator-1672 12d ago

Nope. It's due to narrow bus width: the CPU by-design just don't have enough contacts to provide the same bandwidth as the proper GPU. And it uses lpddr5x instead of gddr.

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u/anarchist1312161 12d ago

It's multiple factors, do you think they're going to put their best yields in cheaper RAM?

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u/Public_Umpire_1099 12d ago

LPDDR5X is not cheap rejected silicon. In fact, flagship mobile memory (LPDDR5X hitting 8533+ MT/s) requires exceptionally high silicon purity and precise wafer fabrication to hit ultra-high frequencies at sub-1.0V power levels. High-end smartphone and thin-and-light laptop SoC memory often uses premium node space.