> It feels insane to hope for but I'm really hoping that by the time 2025 rolls around we see some modest affordable arm chips that have Thunderbolt built in. P

> It feels insane to hope for but I'm really hoping that by the time 2025 rolls around we see some modest affordable arm chips that have Thunderbolt built in. Perhaps even multiple Thunderbolt. If nothing else, there better be some decent PCIe available by then- 8x PCIe 5.0 or better. In the shorter term, I'm hoping the RK3588 actually comes out, is as good as promised, and has a reasonable price. [1] 4 lanes of PCIe 3.0 + 3 lanes of PCIe 2.0 + 2x USB 3.1 + dual gigabit Ethernet total at well over 10X the bandwidth of the Pi's single PCIe 2.0 lane. Also things I care about for my NVR project: faster video decoding, built-in TPU, and SATA (which I didn't count above because it's multiplexed with the PCIe 2.0). I don't think the 4x Cortex-A76 + 4x Cortex-A55 is in the same league as the Apple M1, but still quite a bit faster than the Pi4's 4x Cortex-A72. [1] https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/11/26/rockchip-rk3588-specifications-revealed-8k-video-6-tops-npu-pcie-3-0-up-to-32gb-ram/ https://www.cnx-software.com/2020/11/26/rockchip-rk3588-spec...