• socsa@piefed.social
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    11 hours ago

    Thunderbolt is a protocol family carried over USB-C since version 3. Since 2015.

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      11 hours ago

      The cables are compatible, but… that’s not how it works. Where did you get that information from?

      A Thunderbolt 3 cable can transfer up to 40 Gbps, twice the maximum of USB-C. However, these speeds are only possible when using a Thunderbolt cable with a Thunderbolt port, not a USB-C port. This is because Thunderbolt 3 uses two lanes of PCIe 3.0 for data transfer, while USB-C uses one lane of PCIe 3.0 or two lanes of PCIe 2.0.

      Enjoy your weekend walls are a more enjoyable conversation partner, maybe research stuff before spewing bullshit?

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        11 hours ago

        Yes, USB-C is the physical port standard over which thunderbolt is carried.