It doesn’t take long, does it? The same day Apple’s new Thunderbolt cable hit retail shelves, iFixit took it apart to see what makes it tick.
https://gizmodo.com/apple-finally-fills-your-empty-hole-with-a-50-thunderb-5816350
Not surprisingly, the Thunderbolt cable is not your average cable. It’s an active cable with 12 chips and “tons” of resistors. Together these electronic components regulate the high-speed transfer of data from the Thunderbolt device to the computer. Yeah, it may not cost $50 to build, but this is Apple we are talking about. [iFixit]
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