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Zane C. B-H.
Apr 13, 2016, 3:35:58 AM4/13/16
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On 2015-09-05 00:49, CeDeROM wrote:
> Its not USB but Thunderbolt [1] that gives you the display and 4xPCIe
> over
> the wire, but its far slower and far more expensive than USB3 :-)
>
> [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)
This is not one of those though. You can find Thunderbolt to PCIe
adapters for
using cards outside of laptops, but this is not one of those though.
This is
just using a USB cable to extend a 1xPCIe in a questionable manner.
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> Its not USB but Thunderbolt [1] that gives you the display and 4xPCIe
> over
> the wire, but its far slower and far more expensive than USB3 :-)
>
> [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)
This is not one of those though. You can find Thunderbolt to PCIe
adapters for
using cards outside of laptops, but this is not one of those though.
This is
just using a USB cable to extend a 1xPCIe in a questionable manner.
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CeDeROM
Apr 13, 2016, 4:23:09 AM4/13/16
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On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Zane C. B-H. <vve...@vvelox.net> wrote:
> On 2015-09-05 00:49, CeDeROM wrote:
>> Its not USB but Thunderbolt [1] that gives you the display and 4xPCIe over
>> the wire, but its far slower and far more expensive than USB3 :-)
>> [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)
>
> This is not one of those though. You can find Thunderbolt to PCIe adapters
> for
> using cards outside of laptops, but this is not one of those though. This is
> just using a USB cable to extend a 1xPCIe in a questionable manner.
Yea, good luck with the signalling interferences =)
> On 2015-09-05 00:49, CeDeROM wrote:
>> Its not USB but Thunderbolt [1] that gives you the display and 4xPCIe over
>> the wire, but its far slower and far more expensive than USB3 :-)
>> [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)
>
> This is not one of those though. You can find Thunderbolt to PCIe adapters
> for
> using cards outside of laptops, but this is not one of those though. This is
> just using a USB cable to extend a 1xPCIe in a questionable manner.
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CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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