You can't get "super GPU power" out of Thunderbolt.
Dom Q. Silverio
On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 11:20 AM, namyrb <namyrb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thunderbolt is pcie. By logic, If pcie is on life support then thunderbolt
> is also on life support. If thunderbolt is the future (it's not), then it
> just means that our desktops will be made of many boxes instead of one
> single box... Using the same exact connections for expansion...
>
> It kind of makes sense for apple to do this if their mission statement is
> to make everything simpler for the user. You need fast raid? Plug it in.
> Done. Go. Work. You need super gpu power? Buy a box. Plug it in. Go. Work.
> Etc. etc. Don't have to learn anything, just plug it in the back.
>
> On Wednesday, June 12, 2013, Dennis Kutchera wrote:
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> > On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:11 AM, David Chmura <dchmura.lists@gmail.com<javascript:_e({},
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> > >wrote:
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> > > ...PCI is on life-support anyhow. I presume Avid is not that surprised
> > > by this development.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > I don't see how you can draw this conclusion when the new Mac Pro (and
> > MacBook Air) use PCIe connected flash storage for greater throughput.
> It's
> > a direct connection to the CPU. Apple has not put it on life support,
> > they've barricaded your access to it.
> >
> > --
> > Dennis Kutchera
> > Halifax, NS Canada
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