Intel's original name for lightning bolt was 'light peak' and it was _originally_ a fiber optic + copper for power in 2009. It was apple who joined the development a few years later and decided that it would be too expensive, and used copper only, then took over development. so fuck apple, what is old is new again I guess.
Intel's original name for lightning bolt was 'light peak' and it was _originally_ a fiber optic + copper for power in 2009. It was apple who joined the development a few years later and decided that it would be too expensive, and used copper only, then took over development. so fuck apple, what is old is new again I guess.
Very interesting, did not know that. What could have been...
Very interesting, did not know that. What could have been...
Apple decided something was too expensive? Hard to believe.
Apple decided something was too expensive? Hard to believe.
They still charge more for it.
They still charge more for it.
Optical would have been stupid, even back then it was used to route electrical signals for other consumer standards like DisplayPort, bandwidth is limited by device capabilities, not cables.
Optical would have been stupid, even back then it was used to route electrical signals for other consumer standards like DisplayPort, bandwidth is limited by device capabilities, not cables.
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