| 摘要 |
A scalable portable-computer system is disclosed. A novel portable-computer comprises a cluster connectivity bus, hard-wired to the central and graphics processing units (CPU and GPU, respectively) of said portable computer. An innovative portable-computer module comprises a top and a bottom interconnection port, preferably oriented in a plane perpendicular to the base surface of the computer. Different embodiments include a laptop computer, an extended laptop computer and a tablet computer. Several optional modules are also disclosed, including a memory-extension and a base module. Use of suitable adapters ensures that all modules have the same width, length and interconnectivity ports location. A plurality of portable computers and optional modules are interconnectedly stacked, thereby forming an on-demand supercomputing cluster, advantageously utilizing all available CPUs and GPUs. Each individual computer acts as a node in the cluster. One machine is assigned the master role, managing the interactions among cluster nodes.
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