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		pgeorgi on June 2, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thunderbolt 3 embraces USB Type-C connector, doubl... The Type C spec also mentions a PCIe alternate mode. The main complication is to support both wrapper protocols given that thunderbolt pushes twice the bits per second over the same wire (if using active cabling)

lsaferite on June 2, 2015 [–]

Wrapper protocol?

The alt-mode stuff is a physical signal multiplexing, not a protocol encapsulation.

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