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Thunderbolt3 licensing soon to be free! - sekker - 05-25-2017
Could be a great way to see this become the core standard.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/24/15685096/intel-thunderbolt-3-royalty-free-usb-c-spec-data-transfer
Re: Thunderbolt3 licensing soon to be free! - sekker - 05-25-2017
More from Tom's hardware
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-integrates-thunderbolt-to-cpu,34501.html
Re: Thunderbolt3 licensing soon to be free! - Onamuji - 05-25-2017
I suspect that this will not prompt Apple to lower prices.
Re: Thunderbolt3 licensing soon to be free! - ka jowct - 05-25-2017
Regardless of what Apple does, the cost of TB peripherals needs to come down drastically if Intel hopes to see the standard widely adopted and used.
Re: Thunderbolt3 licensing soon to be free! - Filliam H. Muffman - 05-25-2017
The only way peripheral prices are going to come down is if people start buying them in mass quantities, and cutting licensing fees is the beginning of that process.
Just accept that for the foreseeable future, a certified 20 Mbps cable is going to cost $30 from a major retailer.