(credit: Robert Hallock)
AMD hints that it's working on a new external graphics card solution that promises to be "the answer" to "ultrathin" laptop gaming, according to technical marketing head Robert Hallock.
"Ultrathin notebooks are awesome to carry, but nobody in their right mind would confuse one for a gaming notebook," says Hallock. "But there's still a HUGE appetite for thin notebooks that can game. I also bet there's a bunch of gamers out there who, as they get into their 30s and 40s, wouldn't mind condensing their entire computing life down into one device that does it all... External GPUs are the answer. External GPUs with standardised connectors, cables, drivers, plug'n'play, OS support, etc."
AMD isn't saying what those "standardised connectors" might look like just yet, but Hallock promises that the company will share "more info very soon." With GDC 2016 just around the corner, AMD could opt to discuss its plans there, although a quick scan of the sessions taking place during the conference—which mostly revolve around DirectX 12—reveals little.
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