Yeah, in retrospect Intel probably should have forced millions of people to pay extra so that DiabloD3 could save some money on his home LAN.
It is merely a few cents in parts. There is literally no reason why Intel just doesn't put Thunderbolt everywhere.
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.
Parts make up a fraction of the cost.