So far, none AMD motherboards have Thunderbolt 3 they were convinced by Intel of the simple fact that the rights of regular manufacturers forced the use of controllers made by Intel.
This has changed recently, and now any manufacturer can create their own manager, which we start to see lately. Now, it has become the ASRock X570 Phantom Gaming ITX / TB3 the first AMD board with Intel-Certified Thunderbolt.
AMD boards, finally with Thunderbolt 3
The good news is that after three generations of AMD Ryzen processor boards, the Thunderbolt level finally reaches the AMD boards, even if it has taken over. about a year to get an Intel certification the first motherboard equipped with the standard since its release.
Until now, Intel hadn't let manufacturers make themselves Thunderbolt controllers. But in an effort to push the adoption rate, Intel released it in 2019 once submit data to USB-IF (USB Usage Forum), so now any manufacturer can add it to their board. However, the significance of this is USB 4.0 just around the corner.
So far, Thunderbolt was professional which was owned by Intel and was therefore unique through him. Although it works with a USB-C port, the mainstream knows more than just data signal transmission, because it also manages power delivery, DisplayPort and even PCIe.
Thunderbolt 3 is capable of handling a bandwidth up to 40 Gbps, double that of USB 3.2 and four times that of USB 3.1. However, USB 4 uses the same protocol as Thunderbolt 3 and, therefore, will reach the same speed and be able to meet the same policies, which is why there is a high chance that, in the medium term, Thunderbolt will eventually be forgotten. however.
Of course, the biggest advantage of Thunderbolt 3 in relation to everything else is its ability to connect devices (daisy-chain), being able to connect six devices using a single PC port. Along with this measure, we should also highlight the ability to use one power cable and data, something that we've been seeing for USB-C for a while, but Thunderbolt is able to integrate it USB and Ethernet on the same tab, which USB has not yet done.
