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Re:Will that hub or dock slow your SSDs, or even make them f... by acchow on Tuesday December 24, 2024 @11:03PM (#42506748)
If you’re referring to speed, then thunderbolt does include PCIe support, including direct memory access.
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Re:Will that hub or dock slow your SSDs, or even make them f... by userbinator on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @03:15AM (#42507636)
Thunderbolt is essentially external PCIe but there will definitely be higher latency than internal PCIe.
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Re:Will that hub or dock slow your SSDs, or even make them f... by wmf on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @11:53AM (#42509695)
Thunderbolt 5 is PCIe 4.0 x4 but CPUs now have PCIe 5.0. Thunderbolt will probably always be one generation behind and of course more expensive due to the controller chips.
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