alt Hacker NewsThunderbolt is basically external PCIe, so this is not so surprising. High speed NICs do consume a relatively large amount of power. I have a feeling I've seen that logo on the board before.
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xattt • today at 11:45 AM
The PCI-E logo or the “octopus in a chip” logo? I’m more interested in the latter.
I don't know how to measure the direct power impact on a MacBook Pro (since it's got a battery), but the typical power consumption of these cards is 9 W, not much more than Aquantia 10 GBit cards.
Also, if you remember where you saw that logo, please let me know!