I made my iPhone a second GPU for my MacBook-Qwen 3.8 27B prefills 29–44% faster
thunderbong
24 points
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October 03, 2026
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throwawaytea
With how inexpensive older phones are, or even $50 motog phones, I've wondered what would happen if someone managed to connect 20 of them. Power wise they seem pretty efficient, so maybe it could even be useful?