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One of the key reasons we might not see this yet is Thunderbolt 3 support. Thunderbolt is noticeably missing from the new AMD laptops on the market - e.g. the A

One of the key reasons we might not see this yet is Thunderbolt 3 support. Thunderbolt is noticeably missing from the new AMD laptops on the market - e.g. the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (2020). Thunderbolt itself is an Intel technology. The emergence of USB 4 (effectively TB3) as a standard will change that. Perhaps we'll see that become available in AMD's next generation of CPUs.

vijaybritto 7y ago
Is thunderbolt support tied to the CPU?? I thought it was just a slot that can be added in the mother board for any powerful CPU
- kllrnohj 7y ago
  Thunderbolt can be added to anything. There are Thunderbolt 3 AMD motherboards currently even, just only on desktop where it's borderline pointless. The main thing is Intel's CPUs integrate a chunk of the thunderbolt 3 responsibility (which Ice Lake takes even further: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14514/examining-intels-ice-lake-microarchitecture-and-sunny-cove/8 https://www.anandtech.com/show/14514/examining-intels-ice-la... ). So it's an easy add-on for OEMs, which makes it more common & widespread as a result. Also relevant being this is AMD's first time being in a premium laptop position in a long, long time. Just having AMD in a premium offering is itself a new scenario for OEMs.
  - vijaybritto 7y ago
    Oh I never knew this. Thanks for the link. I think AMD is catching up in every possible way and thats a good thing. I hope we get more cool stuff sooner from them!
  - greggyb 7y ago
    > There are Thunderbolt 3 AMD motherboards currently even, just only on desktop where it's borderline pointless. Here's a setup which takes advantage of TB3 on the desktop. I think this is a compelling setup, though not something I aspire to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQMCvQ01e80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQMCvQ01e80
    - kllrnohj 7y ago
      I do like that setup but it doesn't actually need TB3, as a follow-up video from LTT showed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvzeZCZluJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvzeZCZluJ0
      - greggyb 7y ago
        Certainly not necessary. TB looks to be a bit more economical. The fiber setup is pricey in the second video. I do love the idea of being distant from primary compute. I run a Threadripper desktop and my mobile option is an old, low-powered laptop from which I can remote into one of several environments hosted at home.

vijaybritto 7y ago

Is thunderbolt support tied to the CPU?? I thought it was just a slot that can be added in the mother board for any powerful CPU

kllrnohj 7y ago
Thunderbolt can be added to anything. There are Thunderbolt 3 AMD motherboards currently even, just only on desktop where it's borderline pointless. The main thing is Intel's CPUs integrate a chunk of the thunderbolt 3 responsibility (which Ice Lake takes even further: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14514/examining-intels-ice-lake-microarchitecture-and-sunny-cove/8 https://www.anandtech.com/show/14514/examining-intels-ice-la... ). So it's an easy add-on for OEMs, which makes it more common & widespread as a result. Also relevant being this is AMD's first time being in a premium laptop position in a long, long time. Just having AMD in a premium offering is itself a new scenario for OEMs.
- vijaybritto 7y ago
  Oh I never knew this. Thanks for the link. I think AMD is catching up in every possible way and thats a good thing. I hope we get more cool stuff sooner from them!
- greggyb 7y ago
  > There are Thunderbolt 3 AMD motherboards currently even, just only on desktop where it's borderline pointless. Here's a setup which takes advantage of TB3 on the desktop. I think this is a compelling setup, though not something I aspire to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQMCvQ01e80 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQMCvQ01e80
  - kllrnohj 7y ago
    I do like that setup but it doesn't actually need TB3, as a follow-up video from LTT showed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvzeZCZluJ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvzeZCZluJ0
    - greggyb 7y ago
      Certainly not necessary. TB looks to be a bit more economical. The fiber setup is pricey in the second video. I do love the idea of being distant from primary compute. I run a Threadripper desktop and my mobile option is an old, low-powered laptop from which I can remote into one of several environments hosted at home.