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They will have to migrate to USB 4 now, since Thunderbolt is Intel tech
by mastazi 6y ago
They will have to migrate to USB 4 now, since Thunderbolt is Intel tech
- acdha 6y ago… which they helped design and were the first significant user of, and which Intel donated to the USB-IF royalty-free to encourage adoption. Apple announced that they were going to support it and they’re not the kind of company which would do that without having control over their product direction.
- mastazi 6y agoThat's a bummer though, I was actually hoping they would be the first consumer brand to go all-in on USB4 - similarly to how they were the first to ditch the floppy drive, and in numerous other occasions
- sroussey 6y agoI wish they brought Thunderbolt to iPad Pro already, would mean the Macs would have gen 2 silicon for it.
- josh64 6y agoApple will support thunderbolt https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/macs-with-apple-silicon-will-support-thunderbolt-apple-says/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/07/macs-with-apple-sili...
- coldtea 6y agoThunderbolt was a joint effort between Apple and Intel, years before it came out, called "Light Peak" then. The first Intel demo was on a Mac, and Apple first announced the Thunderbolt commercial name.