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I assume PCIe 4.0 will support the next-generation of Thunderbolt?
by grecy 8y ago
I assume PCIe 4.0 will support the next-generation of Thunderbolt?
- Dylan16807 8y agoI'm not sure what you mean. It should be straightforward to connect a thunderbolt bridge to any version of PCIe. If you specifically mean "without going over 4 lanes", then that's probably true.
- grecy 8y agoCurrently devices have Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40 Gbps), I'm wondering if PCIe 4.0 will increase that. I assume it would be called Thunderbolt 4, and I assume it will be faster.
- wmf 8y agoPersonally I would prefer Thunderbolt 3 to get cheaper instead of a new generation that stays expensive. Who needs 80 Gbps Thunderbolt 4 now and why?
- mmrezaie 8y agoExternal GPUs and Asics. Also, this is a connection that can be shared and the more is probably the better since we all probably have notebooks and they all gonna not have most ports we need.
- Dylan16807 8y agoIncrease it how? That's like asking if faster ethernet is going to increase thunderbolt speed. No, it's a totally different way of sending data over wires. A theoretical Thunderbolt 4 that's twice as fast could easily be fed with a PCIe 3 connection. It could even be fed with a PCIe 2 connection!
- grecy 8y agoHuh, thanks. I had always thought Thunderbolt was essentially "external PCIe".