Very cool to see an ecosystem developing around that form factor. Like the old PCMCIA, except not awful.
replyI do wish there were something like Oculink, but with power available over the connector. USB-C does almost everything, but it seems the chips to break out PCIe lanes for USB4/Thunderbolt for higher speed devices are still a significant cost for accessories.
replyWhich they made in partnership with Framework.
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replyhey Nirav, dumb question: would it be possible to have usb-c ethernet adapters using intel chips in order to have vPro features on framework laptops (along with vpro-enabled intel chips) ?
replyThat's probably the missing cherry on top, as having vpro once the framework motherboard gets reused as a home server it gives some manageability features.
vPro requires the NIC to be connected directly to the PCH (over PCIe/CNV). This is going over USB, which won't cut it.
replyAn Intel WLAN card in an M.2 slot on the mainboard might work (given your givens; a vPro enabled chipset).