• zzzeyez
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    10 months ago

    can you install these on an intel thinkpad?

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      10 months ago

      Assuming you’re serious, no.

      Most modern laptops have soldered down CPUs. Even with older or higher power models that are socketed, it’s been a few decades since they were physically interchangeable between brands, and laptops generally used different sockets to desktops. Sockets also only last a couple of generations.

      You can probably buy a ThinkPad with the (lower power/performance) laptop version of this chip, though

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        10 months ago

        i figured it was likely but i kind of just wanted to understand exactly what this is. i thought it was a discrete gpu