Comment on Intel announces Thunderbolt 5 with double the bandwidth (40 Gbps to 80 Gbps)

Techmaster@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Intel and Apple co-developed ThunderBolt, and the tech is free to use for all manufacturers, so why wouldn’t they? One more selling point on the spec sheet is always good.

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  • Techmaster@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If it was free to use then AMD would support it too. I didn’t realize Apple was involved with it too, I thought it was Intel’s IP. Weird for them to work together on that and then Apple gives Intel the finger like they did.

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    • __dev@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If it was free to use then AMD would support it too

      They do. There’s thunderbolt motherboards and it’s coming with USB-4 on the new 7000-series mobile chips.

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    • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I believe I read rumors that Intel wants to be a US manufacturer of Apple Silicon chips someday down the road.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Really, my question is why ThunderBolt isn’t more widely adopted?

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    • SimplePhysics@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My guess is the cost of Thunderbolt compatible hardware, which explains why only premium devices (ie Macs) have TB ports. TB cables are also much more expensive than the average USB-C.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s true. I didn’t consider the cost. Good point.

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• __dev@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Apple still uses intel chips in all their macs, just not for the CPU. The M1 Macbook for instances uses an Intel JHL8040R thunderbolt 4 chip.

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• paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Apples part of the group backing AV1, along with Intel too. Huh.

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