• socsa@piefed.social
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    20 hours ago

    This is not a recent revision. TB4 is from 2020. USB4 is 2019.

    The real answer to this question is that Thunderbolt is an Intel standard and adds significant licensing and IP overhead to unit costs.

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        18 hours ago

        …Right, the question is “why wouldn’t they just use the tech available at the time rather than this monstrosity.”

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          18 hours ago

          Because the tech didn’t have the bandwidth capability, hence the doubling up…

          As addressed already higher up the thread!

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                15 hours ago

                Right. The question is “why wouldn’t they use thunderbolt?” Stop being obtuse.

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                  15 hours ago

                  Voltage limitations…

                  I’m sorry, you’re calling me obtuse because you don’t know usb standards? That’s funny.

                  There’s obviously a Reason, and as explained, bandwidth or power limitations. All previous revisions, weren’t right.

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                    15 hours ago

                    …right so why didn’t they design their original embedded architecture to support the better technology?