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A nitpick but thunderbolt never had its own port. Versions 1 and 2 used mini display port plug and, version 3 used USB-C and well, USB-4 is just renamed Thunder

by yoz-y 7y ago

A nitpick but thunderbolt never had its own port. Versions 1 and 2 used mini display port plug and, version 3 used USB-C and well, USB-4 is just renamed Thunderbolt 3.

cesarb 7y ago
USB4 is more than just "renamed Thunderbolt 3". It adds USB 3.x tunneling while Thunderbolt 3 could only tunnel PCIe and DisplayPort (AFAIK, it faked USB 3.x tunneling by having a PCIe USB 3.x host on the device).
- bloopernova 7y ago
  so USB4/neo-Thunderbolt is going to be the true universal connector? Does it still have a "mess" of different levels or protocols? I'm hoping the thunderbolt 3 devices I have will "just work" with usb4 ports.
  - chx 7y ago
    > Does it still have a "mess" of different levels or protocols? of course
  - ProZsolt 7y ago
    It's backward compatible, so it will.