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Neywinyyesterday at 11:18 PM3 repliesview on HN

I don't see why it would. Thunderbolt is not a USB standard


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aleph_minus_oneyesterday at 11:33 PM

> Thunderbolt is not a USB standard

Concerning Thunderbolt 3: USB4 is based on the Thunderbolt 3 protocol [1].

Concerning Thunderbolt 4: "In July 2020 Intel announced Thunderbolt 4 as an implementation of USB4 40 Gbit/s with additional requirements, such as mandatory backward compatibility to Thunderbolt 3 and requirement for smaller notebooks to support being charged over Thunderbolt 4 ports.[14] Publications such as AnandTech described Thunderbolt 4 as "superset of TB3 and USB4" and "able to accept TB4, TB3, USB4, and USB 3/2/1 connections"." [2]

Concerning Thunderbolt 5: Intel considers Thunderbolt 5 as an implementation of USB4 Version 2.0. [3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USB4&oldid=134742...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USB4&oldid=134742...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USB4&oldid=134742...

Kirby64yesterday at 11:25 PM

Thunderbolt 5 and USB4v2 are the same thing now. They both support 80gbps and pcie pass through.

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stevexyesterday at 11:27 PM

Doesn't it run over a USB-C shaped wire? If you're trying to understand things that plug into USB-shaped ports it seems at least worth mentioning.

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