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Monday, January 16, 2012

Thunderbolt Controller More Expensive than USB 3.0

Intel and AMD are getting ready to include the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 spec in their chips. USB 3.0 costs about $1 per device. Thunderbolt currently costs board manufacturers about $10 per device, pricing it out of some markets.

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