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Framework (2nd Gen) Event – 2025 Launch Event

by Helithumper on 2/25/25, 6:46 PM with 9 comments

• by replete on 2/25/25, 7:23 PM

  $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.

• by antonly on 2/25/25, 6:57 PM

  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!

• by ktallett on 2/25/25, 7:57 PM

  The lack of swappable ram feels very much against their ethos. I am not sure I can get behind this no matter the price.

• by pcdoodle on 2/25/25, 8:14 PM

  Framework is really doing something special.

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

• by 1oooqooq on 2/26/25, 2:56 AM

  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.