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by tantalor 5591 days ago
Can a Thunderbolt device (eg display) expose USB to peripherals? With my current setup, I connect my display via USB and DVI to my MBP in order to connect USB peripherals via the display. I'd love to break that redundant USB connection with Thunderbolt.
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maggit 5591 days ago
Yes. It looks like you would have to implement USB on top of PCIe in the monitor, though.

> Intel's Thunderbolt controllers interconnect a PC and other devices, transmitting and receiving packetized traffic for both PCIe and DisplayPort protocols. Thunderbolt technology works on data streams in both directions, at the same time, so users get the benefit of full bandwidth in both directions, over a single cable.

http://www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/index.htm

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__david__ 5591 days ago
> It looks like you would have to implement USB on top of PCIe in the monitor, though.

Isn't that basically UHCI?

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