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Light Peak right now is only copper. Optical will be added in the future most likely.

• maggit 16y ago
  I'd like to read about this. Is there an available document explaining why? Or do you know the reason? (Not that I hate copper or anything, it is just that they designed it for fiber from the beginning and then suddenly bailed out)
  • gamble 16y ago
    Same reason why every interface standard that flirts with optical eventually ends up supporting copper: optical components are more expensive, and over short runs you can get acceptable performance with copper.
    • cal5k 16y ago
      They're also not as flexible a copper...
• frankus 16y ago
  A which point they'll call it Lightning? Nah, too obvious :)
  • wiredfool 16y ago
    But, Thunder always follows Lightning...