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Intel makes Thunderbolt 5 official, promising speeds of up to 120Gbps

by up6w6 on 9/12/23, 2:26 PM with 16 comments

  • by zeristor on 9/12/23, 2:30 PM

    A coincidence this is announced on the same day as an Apple presentation....

  • by diarrhea on 9/12/23, 7:54 PM

    I still have nightmares from having adopted Thunderbolt 3 early when it was new (Lenovo T480 with TB3 dock). Tons of issues.

    And my Surface Laptop 4 doesn’t even have Thunderbolt! But that’s a pathetic failure on Microsoft’s part.

    Point being, Thunderbolt is amazing but in a very narrow usage corridor. When it works it’s amazing. When it doesn’t, jokes on you spending $90 on that single cable. I remember an LTT video on I think TB4, testing various combinations of devices and validating (in)compatibility, and spending a lot of time on Lenovo forums for support.

  • by ChrisArchitect on 9/12/23, 2:31 PM

  • by lofaszvanitt on 9/12/23, 4:48 PM

    Why the hurry? In the last few years ssd and usb speeds skyrocketed (heatsinks too). Who needs these fast interfaces?