Will form the basis for USB 4

Chipzilla has done the decent thing and fulfilled its 2017 promise to make Thunderbolt 3 royalty-free.

External graphics here I come

Dell has a list of its notebooks supporting Thunderbolt 3 with two and four lanes, and Frank Azor has confirmed that the XPS 15 comes with Kaby Lake – H getting four lanes.

First-gen Texas Instruments controllers will not work

While Apple may have launched a new MacBook Pro with an LED touch bar a week and a half ago and with Thunderbolt 3 ready USB-C connectors, a  compatibility test shows that not all devices using the standard will be able to operate with the notebook.

Thanks to USB type C

After years of Intel failing to convincing people that Thunderbolt has a use, the tech finally appears to be taking off.

Surface Book 2 will include 4K display, Thunderbolt 3 port

On Thursday, sources within Microsoft’s upstream supply chain have reported that the second-generation refresh to the company’s Surface Book is expected to be delayed. The sources cited “design issues” for the launch setback, indicating that the company could be preparing to redesign some critical areas to the final consumer product before launch.

First Thunderbolt 3 X99 motherboard blesssed by Intel

Gigabyte has released its X99P-SLI board which it claims is the first Intel Thunderbolt 3 certified X99 motherboard.

With US $499 price tag, US $399 with Razer notebook

We first saw the Razer Core, an external graphics box that connects to a notebook via Thunderbolt 3 port, back at CES 2016 in January, and today, Razer has finally unveiled a bit more details including the price, availability date and compatibility details.

On select motherboards

Motherboard maker Gigabyte is rolling out a new firmware update to enable Thunderbolt 3 support on select motherboards.