[geoffeg]

Can we just go full back plane with the CPU being just one of those cards on the back plane?

[undersuit]

Intel has a NUC in that form now. PCI-E style backpane in the case can accepts 11th gen and 12th gen CPU boards and a full size GPU.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/boards...

But I guess the CPU is still the hub of PCI-E networks right now.

[eternityforest]

If I wanted a desktop I'd be really excited about that right now.

[albrewer]

If I recall correctly the only reason that configuration was abandoned was because the physical distance between the CPU and RAM needed to be as short as possible. I liked the Pentium 2 card as much as the next guy but I like faster system speeds more.

[xxpor]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot_1

[mepian]

I was thinking more about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMEbus

[rswskg]

I had totally forgotten about those. Pretty cool in hindsight