Plenty of folks are using eGPU docks to extend the capabilities of their handheld and mini PCs. The GPD G2 is one of the fastest docks yet. It has MCIO 8i & USB4 2.0 ports with 256GBps bandwidth. It supports all PCIe devices for native high speed connection. The USB4 V2.0 port has PD 3.0 with 100W output and 80Gbps bandwidth. It is compatible with Thunderbolt 3 to 5.
In comparison to OCuLink, the MCIO 8i port has twice as much bi-directional bandwidth. It comes handy for multi-GPU connections and AI training. The USB4 V2.0 port supports asymmetric mode. It is designed for high speed peripherals. You will be able to use something like this with handheld gaming devices, Surface Pro 11 and a lot more. The GPD G2 dock is ready for parallel expansion. As explained on Indiegogo, with a 4 x V100 setup, you can get 560 TOPs AI performance to run Qwen, DeepSeek, and various other models.
