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This sounds very interesting. I guess the only reason there has been no adoption of thunderbolt is just the silly license rent seeking Intel tries to pull on th
by zanny 13y ago
This sounds very interesting. I guess the only reason there has been no adoption of thunderbolt is just the silly license rent seeking Intel tries to pull on the interface, a lot like firewire.
- Daniel_Newby 13y agoLicensing fees have nothing to do with it. The reason is that Thunderbolt is expensive to manufacture, and mass-market computers have tiny profit margins. Adoption is starting. Newegg lists a variety of Thunderbolt gadgets. Mostly it seems to be storage products, where 10 Gbps Ethernet is needed but makes Thunderbolt look cheap.