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		TeHCrAzY on Aug 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MPEG claims its new standard H.265 halves video ba... Latency is a much larger problem.

glhaynes on Aug 15, 2012 [–]

Is there higher latency between Thunderbolt connected components than "regular" PCIe?

reeses on Aug 16, 2012 | [–]

Yes. Even with PCIe "extender" ribbon cables of a few inches, you can stumble over latency issues.

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