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takyon writes:

Intel is planning to make the Thunderbolt specification royalty-free, and include support for the protocol on its CPUs rather than on external chips:

Intel's dream of making one cable to rule them all took a huge step forward this week. On Wednesday, Intel announced it will integrate Thunderbolt 3 into future CPUs. More importantly, the company said it would open up the long-secret protocol to the world, royalty-free. The company's explanation for the change is practically utopian. "Intel's vision for Thunderbolt was not just to make a faster computer port, but a simpler and more versatile port available to everyone," wrote Chris Walker, Intel's vice president for Client Computing, in a blog post.

[...] By moving Thunderbolt onto the CPU, Intel says it can lower the cost and the power requirements. Intel didn't actually detail which CPUs would get Thunderbolt 3 or when. If it's truly coming to all of them, it would mean every PC that uses an Intel chip would get the much sought-after feature. There's no fear of a proprietary lock now, either. "In addition to Intel's (CPU integrated) Thunderbolt silicon," Walker wrote, "next year Intel plans to make the Thunderbolt protocol specification available to the industry under a nonexclusive, royalty-free license."

Here's an idea: take the Intel Management Engine off at the same time.

Also at BusinessInsider, Wired, CNET, Tom's Hardware, and Ars Technica.

Original Submission

1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
2. "Thunderbolt" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)
3. "include support for the protocol on its CPUs" - http://www.pcworld.com/article/3198249/computers/how-thunderbolt-3-won-the-port-wars.html
4. "blog post" - https://newsroom.intel.com/editorials/envision-world-thunderbolt-3-everywhere/
5. "BusinessInsider" - http://www.businessinsider.com/usb-devices-switch-to-usb-c-what-it-means-2017-5
6. "Wired" - https://www.wired.com/2017/05/intels-plan-thunderbolt-3-things/
7. "CNET" - https://www.cnet.com/news/intel-thunderbolt-high-speed-port-next-pc-finally/
8. "Tom's Hardware" - http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-integrates-thunderbolt-to-cpu,34501.html
9. "Ars Technica" - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/intel-to-make-thunderbolt-3-royalty-free-in-bid-to-spur-adoption/
10. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=20439

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