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		cuu508 on Dec 8, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Demystifying USB-C and Thunderbolt Docks (2017) Aren't passive DisplayPort cabbles really really fast, and longer than 1 inch?

organsnyder on Dec 8, 2021 [–]

DisplayPort cables don't carry PCIe lanes.

colejohnson66 on Dec 8, 2021 | [–]

True, but DP 2.0 is 20 Gb/s/lane and PCIe 4.0 is 16 GT/s/lane. Unless I'm missing something, those data rates aren't that far apart.

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