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> My phone's battery would last 2 seconds if it used the processor my laptop would use. And my laptop would be slow as shit if it used a processor compatible wi
by khedoros 10y ago
> My phone's battery would last 2 seconds if it used the processor my laptop would use. And my laptop would be slow as shit if it used a processor compatible with a mobile phone.
A powerful ARM CPU, down-clocked and/or in a big.little configuration would cover those cases, somewhat. Low clock during mobile operation, higher clock+power usage when docked in a non-battery situation. The concept seems to work fine with phones + ARM Chromebooks that are out there now.
> Aside from hobbyists, I'm not sure anyone actually wants this product. Open to some feedback here!
Still true. Most people probably don't want to upgrade that often, deal with their phone not working when the CPU is stuck into a dock, etc. I still like the idea of this kind of upgradeable hardware. Maybe it would make more sense to have different form factors for cards, with adapters to connect smaller cards into larger enclosures. It seems like that kind of schema would provide the greatest coverage of different use-cases (although, it'd require either standard buses/data connections through the entire line of hardware, or conversion hardware included in the card adapters).
- slowmirai 10y agoI'm having trouble finding actively cooled ARM boards that are clocked higher than 2Ghz. I don't even care about the fact that I might need to buy multiple boards and form a cluster but for a cluster of 8 rasperry pi 3 including sd cards, network equipment, etc is more expensive and still far slower than of some cheap AMD CPU like the fx8300 with 8GB RAM, a 320GB hdd, psu and case which can be had for less than $300.
- aidenn0 10y agoThere are some POWER boards that offer much better single-package performance vs. ARM, but they are also much more expensive than an x86. In the mid-to-high-end laptop/desktop business it's hard to beat the economies of scale that x86 has.