Thunderbolt 5 technology brief

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Thunderbolt 5 balanced 80/80 Gbit/s and display-driven 120/40 Gbit/s modes; Thunderbolt 4 comparison.

Five-page public brief; PDF pages 2–3, feature comparison and bandwidth reconfiguration diagram inspected in rendered form.

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2026-10-08

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Public brief dated by its 2023-09-12 filename, not a normative licensed specification or measured application throughput. No universal cable-length or display-mode approval.

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