> You mean like the dozens of teardowns of M1 macs when it was released, which only found retimers on the motherboard but no external controller?

Thanks for the info!

> I see you are wilfully obtuse and entirely unserious. I'm sorry I bothered.

No, you are being an asshole and a bit of idiot. I said it might be heat related - so there is a reason beyond market segmentation that apple does not include thunderbolt in the iPad air. I don't know why I am bothering either, but here we are.