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Minor nit: A thunderbolt cable is not a USB cable. It's a thunderbolt cable with USB-C connectors on the ends. This won't work with a USB cable.
by sneak 2y ago
Minor nit: A thunderbolt cable is not a USB cable. It's a thunderbolt cable with USB-C connectors on the ends.
This won't work with a USB cable.
- Y_Y 2y agoWhat's a USB cable if not a cable with USB connectors on each end? No industrial consortium is going to tell me what to call my cable.
- schmidtleonard 2y agoNo, but the USB-IF will make you roll a D20 to determine if the USBC-USBC cable you are holding supports the feature you are trying to use.
- chx 2y agoThat was true in the TB3 era. This will work just fine with a 40gbps USB cable.
- ianburrell 2y agoThunderbolt cables are slightly different, but are USB-C cables that support Thunderbolt alternate mode. Thunderbolt 3 uses a higher speed, 40Gb/s, that require tighter tolerances and special cables. There are also Thunderbolt 3 cables that are out-of-spec for USB 3.1 Gen 2. I think can use Thunderbolt on USB3 cables at slower speed. USB4 unified them, making 40Gb/s standard speed and adding faster speeds. It is still confusing cause USB4 doesn't have to support Thunderbolt 3. Also, USB4 tunnels USB, Displayport, and PCI Express so there is no Thunderbolt alternate mode.