consumer interconnects PCI-SIG's OcuLink-2: Will it steal the thunder from Intel's TB3?

[Results45]

Oh the dodads one finds while surfing the web. 

 

AFAIK PCI-SIG's rival to Thunderbolt ~ Optical Copper Link (aka OcuLink) ~ seem's to have slipped under this community's radar. It currently offers up to 16GT/s when paired with PCIe 4.0 and uses a connector akin to U.2 and Display Port (though flatter/elongated):

 

 

 

 

And for those wondering SuperMicro sells OcuLink-to-SATA cables:

https://store.supermicro.com/cable/supermicro-50cm-oculink-to-4-sata-cable-cbl-sast-0933.html

 

More pics:

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Sources & Resources (my train of research):

• https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/48l9f7/can_you_combine_thunderbolt_v3_ports_to_create_an/
• https://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro-usbc-4port-pcie.html
• https://www.anandtech.com/show/9963/asus-booth-tour-at-ces-2016-10g-switches-external-gpu-dock-usb-c/2
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbowuAFbslI
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/bu3h3i/this_slipped_under_the_radar_pcie_40_will_enable/
• http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.mynavi.jp%2Farticles%2F2012%2F07%2F17%2Fpcisig%2Findex.html
• https://blog.fosketts.net/2017/06/22/what-is-oculink/
• https://blog.exxactcorp.com/need-know-oculink-technology/
• https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/the-oculink-port-on-x11sdv-motherboard.72749/
• https://www.tomshardware.com/news/what-we-know-about-pcie4,39063.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_(computing)
• https://www.edn.com/electronics-news/4380071/What-does-GT-s-mean-anyway-
• http://datacenterswitching.blogspot.com/2010/12/gbs-gbs-and-gts.html
• https://paolozaino.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/converting-gts-to-gbps/

 

 

Ah, the more you know 

[GoldenLag]

Doesnt really use the USB C connector. Even if it were to be changed. I dont see why it would be adopted over TB3. 

 

Especially now that TB3 is being i corporated into USB 4 and is opening up. 

[Results45]

Well what if Display port 3.0 comes with support for OcuLink at TB3 speeds?

 

 

Cuz DP aggregation can already net you 10GB/s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort