The Framework Laptop 16 is a notebook computer with a modular design. Like Framework's original 13 inch laptop, the 16 inch model that launched in 2023 uses an Expansion Card system to let users choose and arrange the laptop's ports, a chassis that's easy to open, and a motherboard that's designed to be replaceable.

But new with the Framework Laptop 16 is an Expansion Bay near the back of the computer. You can use that bay to add an AMD Radeon RX 7700S discrete GPU. But there's also an Expansion Bay Shell that can be used to add other hardware to the laptop. It's just that up until now there weren't any modules that fit into that shell. Now there is.

Framework's new Dual M.2 Adapter is a small board that allows you to add two more M.2 2230/2242/2260/2280 modules to a Framework Laptop 16. Among other things, this lets you give the laptop up to 16TB of additional PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe storage. You could also use it for an AI accelerator or use an M.2 to PCIe adapter for an external connection to a desktop graphics card.

The module can be installed into the Expansion Bay, where it fits between two fans. While the module itself sells for $39, Framework notes that you'll also need a $29 Framework Laptop 16 Graphics Module Interposer in order to install it, which means the total cost is $68 + the price of whatever SSDs or other M.2 modules you plan to add.

Still, it's highly unusual for a laptop maker to officially provide any way to add more M.2 ports to an existing laptop, so the fact that this thing exists at all is pretty impressive.

via Framework Blog

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