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Thunderbolt 3 - first big cloud in BM future
  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

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    Thunderbolt3 is the fastest, most versatile connection to any dock, display, or peripheral device – including billions of USB devices. “Thunderbolt™ 3 is computer port nirvana – delivering two 4K displays, fast data, and quick notebook charging”, said Navin Shenoy, vice president in Client Computing Group and general manager of Mobility Client Platforms at Intel Corporation. “It fulfills the promise of USB-C for single-cable docking and so much more. OEMs and device developers are going to love it.”

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    Users have long wanted desktop-level performance from a mobile computer. Thunderbolt was developed to simultaneously support the fastest data and most video bandwidth available on a single cable, while also supplying power. Then recently the USB group introduced the USB-C connector, which is small, reversible, fast, supplies power, and allows other I/O in addition to USB to run on it, maximizing its potential. So in the biggest advancement since its inception, Thunderbolt 3 brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at 40Gbps, fulfilling its promise, creating one compact port that does it all.

    A Thunderbolt 3 cable will look like the current USB-C cables and will support the same power and data transfers, but it will also be capable of much higher throughput (40Gbps) in Thunderbolt mode.

    https://thunderbolttechnology.net/blog/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-does-it-all

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  • karlkarl

    "computer port nirvana" sounds like a proper phrase for a port where data is going nowhere unless you spend $$$ for external media transceivers, which are a necessary part of Thunderbolt cables. It's like buying an expensive NIC with each cable you require.

    It's also a proper phrase for a port that is going to be nowhere once buyers realized how excessively short or excessively expensive cables able to transport 40Gbps are, and if you don't use that feature, USB 3.x is "good enough" already.

  • bannedindvbannedindv

    How does this pose a problem for BM specifically?

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    "computer port nirvana" sounds like a proper phrase for a port where data is going nowhere unless you spend $$$ for external media transceivers, which are a necessary part of Thunderbolt cables. It's like buying an expensive NIC with each cable you require.

    Well, something tells me that things will change, and fast.

    Thunderbolt cables are not expensive to make, they will be almost the same price as USB-C.

    As for other thing. Intel can just add build in Thunderbold support for USB ports mounted on motherboards for all new chipsets (mobile or stationary).

    USB 3.1 is not good news already for niche camera companies, this is even worse news.

    How does this pose a problem for BM specifically?

    BM main sales are cheap cameras with their main feature being raw and ProRes recording.
    If this features become standard in most cameras with USB-C 3.1 ports (paired with Thunderbolt for top models) it will hurt them badly.
    They will be pushed to extremely competitive pro cameras sector.

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