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I think eGPUs require a thunderbolt connection, which IIRC is only supported by Intel processors
by robotnikman 6y ago
I think eGPUs require a thunderbolt connection, which IIRC is only supported by Intel processors
- EwanToo 6y agoThe new mac's ship with USB4/Thunderbolt ports - it's now a cross-platform port (USB4 is a merger of sorts between USB and Thunderbolt) https://www.tomshardware.com/news/usb-4-faq,38766.html https://www.tomshardware.com/news/usb-4-faq,38766.html
- leoc 6y agoApparently Thunderbolt is full of low-level x86 quirks, so getting existing devices working on ARM Macs is likely to be a punishingly heavy lift even for Apple, which seems to have barely started work. And of course Intel isn't likely to be all that co-operative. https://level1techs.com/video/can-apple-do-thoughts-armthunderbolt https://level1techs.com/video/can-apple-do-thoughts-armthund...
- valuearb 6y agoApple is the developer of thunderbolt,They wrote the specifications for it and there are two thunderbolt ports on every M1 Mac
- dreamcompiler 6y agoIntel invented Thunderbolt as LightPeak. Apple developed it further in cooperation with Intel.
- valuearb 6y agoYou are right. I forgot about LightPeak, which was designed to work over optical cables. Apple came in when Intel decided to build a version for standardized cables, and helped Intel develop the spec (and even supplied the name). But my point remains. Apple knows Thunderbolt as well as Intel does by this time.
- jsgo 6y agoThere is one AMD motherboard I’ve seen with a TB3 port. ASRock I think makes it?