Thunderbolt 5 launches with twice the speed of Thunderbolt 4

rob53 said:
Will Intel allow others to create TB5 hardware or are they back to forcing companies to license and/or buy everything from Intel? Will this be an official standard that allows companies like Apple to use the new standard without being sued to death? 

The crazy thing is Thunderbolt 3/4 is not being used that much except by Apple. USB4 is not using the top speed of USB, which is slower than TB3/4. Putting out something faster is not really going to be used by that many people because the full TB hardware is not inexpensive while USB4 (not including TB connectivity) is much less expensive. I can see TB5 controllers being extremely expensive and the only way to use that full 80Gbps is with a RAID configuration of SSDs. 

Of course, all of this will use a marginally good plug and jack system (USB-C). 

Authentic USB4 is based on Thunderbolt 3 so should meet Thunderbolt 3 speeds at the least. https://www.usb.org/usb4

The PC world has adopted Thunderbolt a bit hit or miss, but you can find Thunderbolt on some Dells, Lenovo (Lenovo has TB4 monitors), and others. Both Lenovo and Dell make Thunderbolt 4 docks.

Follow the "also includes" link in the article and you end up here:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/newsroom/news/intel-introduces-thunderbolt-5-standard.html
"All Thunderbolt products undergo stringent certification testing to ensure the best wired connection solution performance for the PC industry. Products that pass this testing use the Thunderbolt brand royalty-free. That’s why Thunderbolt has become a globally recognized indicator of the best wired connectivity solutions for PCs and accessories."