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dunestock said:

Without a home button, how do you take a screenshot?

gatorguy said:

andrewj5790 said:

Going to be funny when Apple switches to microLED in a couple years.

If both the report and investment number is accurate this isn't being done simply to get Apple's business. At $40-60 max per OLED display (that's based on my reading of quantity pricing reported in other product cost breakdowns) Apple wouldn't possibly buy enough to make it worthwhile even if Sammy got ALL their business which Apple seems to try and avoid anyway. At $60 a pop times 80M units the total revenue from Apple might hit $5B and even that's far more than Samsung would actually realize in profit. Apparently they have determined there's a heckuva market outside of Apple for whatever OLED product they're developing even if they get only a portion of industry orders. 

...if the report is true.

9secondkox2 said:

Next the big, people will start suing google every time they shut an app down. Wouldn't be surprisedif this suit is brought by Akamai execs. Missing that easy money. Lol

stantheman said:

prismatics said:

The comment section shows that the author of the article has not made the cause for the issue clear enough.

Processors today use PCIe to connect everything from Storage controllers, high speed I/O like USB, Thunderbolt and other stuff including SD-Card readers and Graphic Cards (or discrete GPU in case of macbook). And on each processor model there is only a specific number of these lanes available. This means that since Apple has to rely on Intel on this issue, they can't simply change this behavior by putting in a second controller, it's simply not possible because there is no dual core i7 Chip with enough lanes. Thats why Apple has chosen to use the PCH-supplied PCIe-Lanes.

PCH is an additional chip (which is integrated directly in the processor package on some models) which connects to the processor via a seperate high speed bus and it gives you many things included USB, keyboard support, audio and storage interface and additional (about half speed) PCIe-Lanes in one single chip. What I think is the case is that Apple is using these lanes because the processor itself does not supply enough PCIe-lanes.

So obviously, there is nothing to be added from a non-technical viewpoint, because it's not about power consumption or other marketing decisions, it's simply because Intel does not make the chips Apple needs for four Thunderbolt 3 full speed capable ports.

I have absolutely no technical knowledge on the subject, but the article says the low-power Intel processors provide full bandwidth on all 4 ports on the 13" Pro without Touch Bar. If there is a technical reason for reduced bandwidth on the two right ports of the 13" Pro (as opposed to it being an economy measure), it seems more like the Touch Bar is responsible. Perhaps it absorbs (uses) some of the PCIe-Lanes you describe.