Thunderbolt 3 is part of USB4. Thunderbolt 4 is separate and not supported by AMD processors yet, probably due to licensing issues. (Note that prior to USB4 this was why Thunderbolt 3 wasn’t available on AMD.)
Thunderbolt 4 is separate and not supported by AMD processors yet
Thunderbolt 4 is USB4 with better performance. Nobody is stopping AMD (or anyone else) to implement the USB4 specs with TB4 speeds, they just cannot call it Thunderbolt.
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Isn’t thunderbolt open? What’s preventing me from getting thunderbolt 4 on AMD
Huh I actually thought it was proprietary…?
The ports are now interoperable with usb C, but I believe it’s kind of a TypeScript::JavaScript situation
Thunderbolt 3 is part of USB4. Thunderbolt 4 is separate and not supported by AMD processors yet, probably due to licensing issues. (Note that prior to USB4 this was why Thunderbolt 3 wasn’t available on AMD.)
Ah that’s what I’m misremembering. Thank you
Thunderbolt 4 is USB4 with better performance. Nobody is stopping AMD (or anyone else) to implement the USB4 specs with TB4 speeds, they just cannot call it Thunderbolt.