On 6/7/2024 10:21:38 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> The machine I’m using right now, which is just about a year old, is
> practically overflowing with USB-A ports. But it only has one USB-C
> port. How long has USB-C been around?
>
> Here is a concept that does away with USB-A completely, and ends up
> bristling with USB-C ports instead.
>
> <https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/7/24173741/a-motherboard-with-no-usb-a-ports-but-10-usb-c-instead>
>
> What do you think? Ready for them to bring it on?
>

I'm still old school...I want a motherboard that has half a dozen
*simultaneously usable* PCIe slots.

Yes, they *technically exist*...I can spend $1,000 on a Threadripper CPU and
another $1,000 on a motherboard to fit it.

But if there's enough throughput for all eight of those USB-C ports, there's
room to fit a useful number of PCIe slots that gracefully throttle down but
let the devices actually-work.

...or it's basically a USB 3.0 hub with a slightly different form factor but
doesn't *actually* have the ability to feed all of those ports simultaneously
in a way that's any better than the type-A solutions present on all of the
other motherboards on the shelf.