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New BTF 3.0 PC standard proposes no cables between PSU, motherboard and GPU
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DIY-APE recently unveiled a new iteration of the Back to the Future (BTF) standard that aims to minimize the number of cables needed for installing PC components....
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So by replacing all the previous cables with a single point-of-failure motherboard "socket", then damaging that connector means you need a new motherboard...
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DIY-APE recently unveiled a new iteration of the Back to the Future (BTF) standard that aims to minimize the number of cables needed for installing PC components....
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Been seeing things moving that way with elimination of the ODD and changing from SATA drives to NVMe M.2 and eMMC drives over the last number of years.
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VMEbus needs to be re-invented.
VMEbus needs to be re-invented.
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