Hands on with USB Type C: Reversible USB Connectors

Re:Hands on with USB Type C: Reversible USB Connectors by suvelx on Thursday September 11, 2014 @04:10PM (#8304855)

Does having a PCI-E tunnel mean we might see high-resolution USB 3.1 docks that aren't stuck with proprietary, encrypted, DisplayLink protocols, and thus, open source support?

Because I'd sure love that.

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Re:Hands on with USB Type C: Reversible USB Connectors by Kayou on Friday September 12, 2014 @07:01AM (#8307424)

But before that, does having a PCI-E tunnel mean that you have to turn off the USB protocol? Or can you use both at the same time? How many pins are necessary to transmit a basic (no power, just data) PCI-E 1x? And 4x, which would be the minimum viable for gaming? I'm interested to know more about this PCI-E tunnel thing.

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Re:Hands on with USB Type C: Reversible USB Connectors by martiuk on Friday September 12, 2014 @05:16AM (#8307214)

I foresee a market of USB 3.1 external laptop graphics cards.

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