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Re:Microsoft announces Surface Go by Postremus on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @08:11AM (#17497313)
At least for graphic cards, 4 lines are enough. Linus tech tips did some videos on external gpu enclosures (e.g. [1]). Conclusion was, if I recall correctly, that the performance declined around 10% when using such an enclosure.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D79GsrEqe4

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Re:Microsoft announces Surface Go by k__ on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @08:19AM (#17497364)
Pretty cool.

Question is, could you fit that tech in a smartphone?

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Re:Microsoft announces Surface Go by rbanffy on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @09:02AM (#17497649)
In theory, at least, you could build a cellphone around a GPU with a couple ARM cores thrown in and keep most of the GPU powered down while you are not docked. When you are connected to a decent power supply over USB-C, you could fire up those cores, provided your phone's back is a massive heat sink (a dock can provide the airflow).

It won't beat a 300W monster or accurately predict the future weather for 10 years, but it'd be more than reasonable for casual gaming.

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Re:Microsoft announces Surface Go by k__ on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @09:35AM (#17497906)
My idea was that the system I dock my smartphone into would add display, input and extra compute via TB
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Re:Microsoft announces Surface Go by rbanffy on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @10:23AM (#17498338)
But why do you want to move the computing power? The hardware is ubiquitous and cheap. It's your data that's unique.
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