• Techmaster@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Why is Intel technology coming to Macs next year when Macs no longer use Intel chips? That makes no sense.

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      1 year ago

      Intel and Apple co-developed ThunderBolt, and the tech is free to use for all manufacturers, so why wouldn’t they? One more selling point on the spec sheet is always good.

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        1 year ago

        If it was free to use then AMD would support it too. I didn’t realize Apple was involved with it too, I thought it was Intel’s IP. Weird for them to work together on that and then Apple gives Intel the finger like they did.

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          1 year ago

          If it was free to use then AMD would support it too

          They do. There’s thunderbolt motherboards and it’s coming with USB-4 on the new 7000-series mobile chips.

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          I believe I read rumors that Intel wants to be a US manufacturer of Apple Silicon chips someday down the road. Sharing the role with TSMC.

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          My guess is the cost of Thunderbolt compatible hardware, which explains why only premium devices (ie Macs) have TB ports. TB cables are also much more expensive than the average USB-C.

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      1 year ago

      Apple still uses intel chips in all their macs, just not for the CPU. The M1 Macbook for instances uses an Intel JHL8040R thunderbolt 4 chip.