GPD BOX Mini PC Pairs Panther Lake With PCIe 5.0 eGPU Expansion
The GPD BOX mini PC runs Panther Lake on Intel 18A and routes a PCIe 5.0 x8 MCIO link to full external GPUs, plus dual 2.5GbE and USB4 v2.0 at 80Gbps.
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The GPD BOX mini PC runs Panther Lake on Intel 18A and routes a PCIe 5.0 x8 MCIO link to full external GPUs, plus dual 2.5GbE and USB4 v2.0 at 80Gbps.
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