Reply to post: Is there going to be a minefield with cable quality in alternate mode?

One USB plug to rule them all? That's sensible, but no...

leon clarke
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Is there going to be a minefield with cable quality in alternate mode?

If a cheap cable just-about works for normal USB, I could easily imagine it not working for Thunderbolt. And maybe some cables would work for some alternate mode protocols but not others, while other cables will work for a different random set of protocols.

And has Thunderbolt managed to change things so it can run over passive cables? I thought that thunderbolt cables were really expensive as the actual driver circuitry was in the plug, not in the device. If so, have they solved an impressive problem or were they being lazy before?

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