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The Wolfe Thunderbolt GPU enclosure


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Seems like there is another eGPU kickstarter: http://www.overclock3d.net/news/gpu_displays/the_wolfe_thunderbolt_gpu_enclosure_hits_kickstarter/1

 

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Technical (Wolfe):

  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 950
  • - I/O: 3x Displayport, 1x HDMI, 1x Thunderbolt
  • - Power: 220 Watt Mobile PSU

 

Technical (Wolfe Pro):

  • - GPU: Nvidia GTX 970
  • - I/O: 3x Displayport, 1x HDMI, 1x Thunderbolt
  • - Power: 220 Watt Mobile PSU

 

Let me guess which 220W PSU it is ^^

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as expected...

 

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Hello everyone,

We want to start by saying how much we appreciate all of our backers. Your enthusiasm has proven to the world that our shared vision for the Wolfe can become a reality.

We’re writing today to share some important news: we are going to be cancelling our Kickstarter campaign, and refunding your pledges in full. Our success has attracted the attention of some big players in the industry, who recently reached out to us about the Wolfe. Through these conversations, it became clear there would be some uncertainty in attaining the product certifications essential for the Thunderbolt 2 (and thus macOS) versions of the Wolfe.

We decided it wouldn’t be right to accept pledges from you, our earliest supporters, with these new developments and changes to our timeline. However, these factors will allow us to bring you an even better product in the near future as we work with our new partners in the industry. We are incredibly excited about the next steps for the Wolfe, and the future of this Kickstarter community.

Thank you for an amazing campaign. We’ll be back.

Sincerely,
The Wolfepack

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On 23/09/2016 at 7:18 PM, Dschijn said:

as expected...

 

 

Yes. Intel would have had a lot of emails from product partners AKiTiO,  Sonnet, ASUS, MSI, etc asking why these students with slick marketting are being allowed to reap eGPU/eGFX profits. Something they themselves were denied.  Moreso when you consider Wolfe cooked up a product: an ABS plastic outer shell that matches the Apple design ethos, probably InXTron/AKiTiO internals, some software installer with percentage bar and an Apple-esque marketting video + kickstarter campaign.

 

To their credit they acknowledged gathering ideas from the DIY eGPU community. The most obvious one was the use of a 220W Dell DA-2 AC adapter. @goalque needing to change his automated-eGPU.sh OSX script license to prevent it's plunder by Wolfe or BizonTech.

 

Villagetronic also counted their Thunderbolt eGPU chickens way back in 2011 before being shutdown by Intel: http://www.macrumors.com/2011/08/01/external-thunderbolt-pci-expansion-chassis-and-hub-in-development/

 

I've explained how pluggable CUDA/OpenCL processing via eGPU would cannabalize Intel's core CPU market: https://www.techinferno.com/index.php?/forums/topic/6399-why-are-intel-not-allowing-thunderbolt-egpus-ideas-inside/  .  Intel's careful Thunderbolt product placement protecting their CPU market.

 

In short, Intel has the last say on how it's Thunderbolt technology is to be used. Something the Wolfe team now know.

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8 hours ago, bkrawitz said:

It looks like these folks were able to create a box the will be bi-directional and will be able to use the internal screen of a device running Mac OS on Thunderbolt 2 or 3, any more DIY progress on getting the internal screen of a macbook pro/iMac to work with eGPU? https://thewolfe.io

 

The Wolfe eGPU kickstarter campaign has been cancelled:

 

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17 hours ago, Tech Inferno Fan said:

 

The Wolfe eGPU kickstarter campaign has been cancelled:

 

Well, Got this from them and still waiting on the details on why the kickstarter was canceled:

 

Hello Brian,

 
Thanks for reaching out. We are still working hard to bring you the Wolfe as soon as possible. Make sure to sign up at thewolfe.io/signup for updates.
 
Best,
Christian Ondaatje
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