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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by bogomipz on Thursday June 28, 2018 @09:40AM (#17416736)
>"Also the lack of PCIe lanes forced Apples’s hand on USBc only design,"

Can you elaborate on this? Is this related to DDR4LP? Is there a connection?

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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by pixl97 on Thursday June 28, 2018 @10:19AM (#17417033)
>Also the lack of PCIe lanes

https://ark.intel.com/products/97462/Intel-Core-i7-7920HQ-Pr...

I don't think PCIe lanes and low power ram are directly related, but it is just another sign of Intel attempting to control the market via feature segregation.

The CPU only has 16 PCIe lanes. Which is flat out retarded when 4 of them will be used by NVMe, and 8 (and really 16 should be) can be used by video. This only leaves 4 additional PCIe lanes for any other devices, including USB-C and thunderbolt.

Simply put, if there were any competition in the market, that CPU look much different. Low power ram and 8 more PCIe lanes at least.

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