On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Toby Corkindale <toby.corkindale@strategicdata.com.au> wrote:
On 18/04/12 20:52, Jeremy Visser wrote:
> On 04/11/2012 02:12 AM, Toby Corkindale wrote:
>> I guess you didn't hear -- Intel ditched USB3 and created Thunderbolt
>> instead. There are no Intel USB3 chipsets around currently.
>
> I could be wrong here, but aren't USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt apples and
> oranges?
>
>   From what I understand, Thunderbolt is all about proxying connections
> from multiple technologies (including USB) from a hub, whereas USB is
> all about the actual connection to a device.

Not according to the wikipedia page. But, it's wikipedia. Maybe it's wrong?

Wikipedia may be wrong but I doubt Intel are wrong 
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/io/thunderbolt/thunderbolt-technology-developer.html

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