Task allocation with chipset attached memory and additional processing unit is described. In accordance with the described techniques, a computing device includes a main system and one or more sub-systems which are coupled to the main system via a chipset link. The main system includes at least a processing unit and a system memory. The one or more sub-systems each include at least a chipset attached processing unit and a chipset attached memory. Contents of the system memory are transferable to the chipset attached memory of the sub-system via the chipset link to enable the chipset attached processing unit to perform the one or more tasks using the contents from the chipset attached memory.