Re:Upgrade Raspberry Pi 4 with a NVMe boot drive
by rektide on Monday November 23, 2020 @03:37PM
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Intel has Thunderbolt integrated onto their CPU, which seems natural & like what I would want in the future from everyone.
Current Intel host-adapters seem to be ~$10 for the dual-port chip itself[1] (JHL8540). Not sure how much else it adds to the bill-of-material beyond a regular USB port! Adding it direct to the CPU would be a wonderful way to save space, & significantly reduce how hard it is to implement, since one would no longer need to route USB and PCIe and power to this extra chip.
I wouldn't expect Thunderbolt support on the low end for a long time. But I really do think it's really time that cpu makers begin offering it onboard. They already need to start moving towards USB4. Adding PCIe as well would be a courtesy, & a big enabler, for their customers. Hopefully we see these great awesome futures begin arriving in a more well-distributed manner.
Current Intel host-adapters seem to be ~$10 for the dual-port chip itself[1] (JHL8540). Not sure how much else it adds to the bill-of-material beyond a regular USB port! Adding it direct to the CPU would be a wonderful way to save space, & significantly reduce how hard it is to implement, since one would no longer need to route USB and PCIe and power to this extra chip.
I wouldn't expect Thunderbolt support on the low end for a long time. But I really do think it's really time that cpu makers begin offering it onboard. They already need to start moving towards USB4. Adding PCIe as well would be a courtesy, & a big enabler, for their customers. Hopefully we see these great awesome futures begin arriving in a more well-distributed manner.
[1] https://www.mouser.com/new/intel/intel-8000-thunderbolt-4-co...