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An Arm Mainboard for the Framework Laptop

The article summarizes the author's testing of three different mainboard options for the Framework 13 laptop: a low-end x86 Ryzen AI 5 340, a fast RISC-V DC-ROMA II, and the only Arm option, the MetaComputing AI PC with a 12-core Arm SoC and up to 32 GB of soldered RAM. The author notes that their Framework 13 has run on all three architectures, likening it to the "Ship of Theseus" due to its evolving components.

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Using the repair-friendly Framework 13 laptop chassis, I've tested the low-end x86 option (a Ryzen AI 5 340 Mainboard), the fastest RISC-V option (DC-ROMA II), and today I'm publishing results from the only Arm Mainboard, the MetaComputing AI PC, which has a 12-core Arm SoC and up to 32 GB of soldered-on RAM. My Framework 13 has run on x86, RISC-V, and now Arm, making it something of a 'Ship of Theseus'.

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