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External GPU's over thunderbolt has been a dream of mine for a long time. It would make the MBA the ultimate computer. There have been proof of concepts, I thi
by recuter 14y ago
External GPU's over thunderbolt has been a dream of mine for a long time. It would make the MBA the ultimate computer.
There have been proof of concepts, I think by Acer, but I don't know of any product roadmap by anybody. Apple wouldn't need to partner with NVIDIA for this, it would be an enclosure not unlike one for external hard drives where you could install any off the shelf graphics card. :)
- coolnow 14y agoEven if thunderbolt provided enough bandwidth, wouldn't the whole idea fall apart because the data has to pass through another protocol (making it slower) vs having the GPU directly interfaced?
- recuter 14y agoThunderbolt is in actuality PCI Express and has ample (20 Gbit/s) bandwidth. As far as I know it will be almost like directly attaching a GPU with some minimal latency because of the greater distance. If not, the next gen optical version will have more then enough headroom.