There are plenty of Z97 motherboards with Thunderbolt: https://thunderbolttechnology.net/products?tid=15&field_comp... I don't understand why it matters whether it's default or not.
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.