Intel continues to refuse to deploy Thunderbolt by default on Z series chipsets (Z87, Z97, Zwhatever LGA1151/Broadwell uses).
I'd love to adopt Thunderbolt, Intel literally refuses to sell it to me.
I'd love to adopt Thunderbolt, Intel literally refuses to sell it to me.
If it doesn't come with systems by default, no one is going to use it. I'm interested in it purely for IP-over-Thunderbolt.
It is merely a few cents in parts. There is literally no reason why Intel just doesn't put Thunderbolt everywhere.
Parts make up a fraction of the cost.
someone never worked with intel integrated.
Limiting Thunderbolt to a few computers no one owns (except Apple products, Thunderbolt is everywhere there) basically signs Thunderbolt's death.
Thunderbolt 3 is now fast enough that I can do 40gbit Ethernet over it. With the upcoming PCI-E 4.0 standard, that is 2-3 lanes worth of bandwidth.
Yet, Intel isn't storming the industry and trying to legitimately compete with USB 3.x.
thunderbolt is not innovative. it is just a canon. so far everyone is killing flies. so, no need for that. putting that extra $100 or so on each and every board would certainly just drive consumers away.