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Re:Struck by a Thunderbolt by wmf on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @07:37PM (#19259845)
But there's no alternative.
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Re:Struck by a Thunderbolt by gerdesj on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @07:45PM (#19259892)
USB
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Re:Struck by a Thunderbolt by crgwbr on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @08:49PM (#19260184)
USB has more more limited bandwidth constraints and, IIRC, has much higher CPU overhead and overall higher latency.
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Re:Struck by a Thunderbolt by PascLeRasc on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @10:22PM (#19260582)
It also just can't do things that Thunderbolt can. TB to the end user is a free PCIe slot for Firewire, 10GbE, eGPU, etc. The fastest USB can't do that. I get that it has issues but it's still incredibly valuable.
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