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• otto@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The USB-C is just the connector. The cables are thunderbolt.

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  • tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah but there are still signal processing steps required to tell both ends of the connector which pins to use to implement the DisplayPort protocol.

    • DP connector is direct from GPU → Screen.
    • DP through USB has to go through the USB bus on the machine → Screen.

    Let’s hope that bus is dedicated, and not overloaded with other USB tasks!

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    • otto@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Let’s hope that bus is dedicated

      It is. That’s always been one of the key features of thunderbolt. There’s no negotiation or latency involved.

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      • tetris11@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Right, the pins just automatically know which to use without any negotiation from the USB bus. Come on.

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