SoC behind the LCD?

[moonwalkers]

I have to admit, I rather like the concept behind MS Surface Book - two parts, one is essentially a tablet with weaker but more power-efficient integrated GPU, and a keyboard dock with extra battery and a more powerful dedicated GPU that effectively turns the tablet into a fully-featured laptop. I'd prefer most of the connectors to be in the keyboard base - mostly for the sake of weight while docked to be mostly in the keyboard base rather than in the screen. That would require putting some high-speed connections between the tablet and the keyboard dock, but it would also reduce the stress on the hinges. I also like the idea of active cooling - unless the SoC used is ultra-efficient, most likely the limiting factors for sustained maximum performance will be power and thermals, and unless the SoC has plenty reserve performance it _will_ at some point be pushed to its limits for a prolonged period of time on a modern desktop (as in use case, not form-factor) system. If both active cooling and Surface Book-like form factor can be combined - great, if not - between active cooling to maintain top performance and a tablet-like form factor I'd prefer active cooling.