Framework's first-ever desktop PC packs AMD's Ryzen AI Max, priced from $1,099

In a nutshell: Framework has introduced its first desktop PC, a mini-ITX system running AMD's latest Ryzen AI Max family of processors. The aptly named Framework Desktop ships with your choice of an AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 (eight core / 16 thread) or AI Max+ 395 (16 core / 32 thread), Radeon 8060S graphics, and up to 128 GB of LPDDR5x memory. Notably, the components are soldered into place – not exactly what you'd expect from a company that champions the right to repair movement. In fact, a standard desktop PC is far more flexible with regard to CPU, GPU, and memory upgrades. Framework partially addresses this shortcoming, noting that to enable the 256 GB/s memory bandwidth that Ryzen AI Max delivers, they had to solder the LPDDR5x into place. "We spent months working with AMD to explore ways around this but ultimately determined that it wasn't technically feasible to land modular memory at high throughput with the 256-bit memory bus," the company said. Other features and peripherals ... Read full article.