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		seiferteric on Oct 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: USB3: Why it's a bit harder than USB2 Way back when, I thought I remembered that usb3 or thunderbolt was going to be an optical interface, but I guess that was too tough in practice. Would have been nice though to avoid EM interference issues.

ncrmro on Oct 8, 2020 | [–]

I think it was Corning who put out a 200m thunderbolt 2 fiber cable

oyashirochama on Oct 8, 2020 | [–]

They exist but are fairly expensive and are passive.

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