Manufacturing news · February 2025
Framework launches a modular, repairable desktop PC built on standard parts
Framework announced the Framework Desktop, a compact workstation built around an AMD Strix Halo APU in a standard Mini-ITX form factor with ATX headers, a PCIe slot, a Flex ATX power supply and standard 120 mm cooling.
It carries the company's repair-first design into desktops, with two front expansion-card slots, two M.2 NVMe slots and 21 user-customisable, 3D-printable front-panel tiles released as open-source designs. The main concession to modularity is soldered memory, which Framework said was unavoidable for the wide memory bus.
By favouring industry-standard, individually replaceable parts, the product demonstrates how design for disassembly and upgradeability can be applied to mainstream computing hardware rather than only to phones.