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		15155 49 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RAM now represents 35 percent of bill of materials... Soldered RAM has objectively lower latency and better signal integrity. Connectors aren't free, in terms of link/SI budget. This isn't some conspiracy, it's electrical reality.

nirui 48 days ago [–]

Problem is, the gain in performance to an user maybe negligible compare to the pain that the device purchased might never be able to be fitted to run some application.

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