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Umm, Thunderbolt was developed by Intel, in cooperation with Apple. And IIRC, Apple is a member of the USB consortium. Too bad design by committee sucks and has
by greedo 4y ago
Umm, Thunderbolt was developed by Intel, in cooperation with Apple. And IIRC, Apple is a member of the USB consortium. Too bad design by committee sucks and has led to the disaster that is USB-C.
- omegabravo 4y agoUSB Type C is the connector and isn't a disaster. You could argue lightning is a better connector, but it's not _that_ much better. Thunderbolt 3 and 4 use the USB-C connector. The USB naming of the protocols: USB 3.0, USB 3.1 Gen 1, USB 3.1 Gen 2 -> USB 3.1 Gen 2 x 1, USB 3.2 Gen 1x2, USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, USB4 Gen 2x2, USB4 Gen 3x2 is ridiculous without even getting into the complexity of the protocol
- account42 4y agoI think USB 3.0 being renamed into USB 3.1 Gen 1 and then into USB 3.2 Gen 1 into just so that manufacturers can market their devices with the latest USB numbers should really count as false advertising.
- account42 4y ago> Apple is a member of the USB consortium Apple is also a member of Khronos (and so is Microsoft btw) yet decided to push their proprietary API instead of working with open standards. Membership in a standards organization makes just as much sense for a company competing with the standard as it does for one embracing it.
- dmitriid 4y ago> member of Khronos (and so is Microsoft btw) yet decided to push their proprietary API instead of working with open standards Which open standards? If you mean Vulkan, then it appeared in any viable form three years after Apple released the first version if Metal. And Vulkan itself was donated by AMD because they couldn't figure out what to do with otherwise proprietary Mantle.