Thunderbolt3 joins usb type-c

[avkdm]

Interesting read for those that are interested
http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/...letter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter&nl=daily

 

[redheeler]

This is good news for future rMBs!

 

[reddemonic]

does it mean thunderbolt 1,2 will become obsolete? i

 

[jwdawso]

Another article: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9331/intel-announces-thunderbolt-3

I'm hoping that an affordable external graphics capability will come out of this. Anybody have insight on this?

 

[Stacc]

Another article: http://www.anandtech.com/show/9331/intel-announces-thunderbolt-3

I'm hoping that an affordable external graphics capability will come out of this. Anybody have insight on this?

I have heard people using external graphics cards on thunderbolt 1/2. From what I know it tends to be a bit hacked together. On the hardware side, you have to find a thunderbolt enclosure with its own power supply and those can be expensive. On the software side, OS X seems to take quite a bit of work, since driver support can be spotty. Windows seems to be easier to get to work.

Performance on thunderbolt 2 is pretty good. You tend to get 90-95% of the performance of the card in a classic desktop. The reduced performance is because of bandwidth restrictions, and thunderbolt 3 obviously improves that.

 

[santaliqueur]

External graphics, if implemented correctly, could be absolutely huge.