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Separation of concerns and flexibility for the future are probably what drove this design decision.
by ary 15y ago
Separation of concerns and flexibility for the future are probably what drove this design decision.
- Daniel_Newby 15y agoIt is probably cost. Motherboards are high-volume products, and therefore the engineers who design them are fanatically cost sensitive. Adding $5 to the bill of materials for a feature that hardly anybody needs would be a career limiting move. Conversely, the people who actually need a 10 Gbps links are exactly the people who can be up-sold to a $50 cable. In a few years it will be everywhere natively: competition will have driven the parts cost to pennies per board, and average customers will be demanding it.