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Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector

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On 10/6/2015 1:02 PM, Dom wrote:
> On 06/10/15 16:02, rickman wrote:
>> I just read a bit about USB 3.1 and the type C connector.  Sounds pretty
>> impressive, at least in the future when more of the capabilities will be
>> fully exploited.  I am wondering if there will be plans to incorporate
>> this into the rPi chipset so that we have an even simpler device to
>> power, boot and connect I/O?
>>
>> It really looks like it might be possible to have say, six USB 3.1, type
>> C connectors on an embedded board like the rPi and be able to connect to
>> a power supply, boot drive, monitor, keyboard, mouse and still have an
>> available port left over using just one type of connector!  Pretty cool,
>> huh?  Provide 8 ports and use an Ethernet adapter to talk to those
>> obsolete devices you've got sitting around and have two ports spare.
>>
>> I've never been that enthused about using PC type buses for embedded
>> devices, but with the level of integration available today and the new
>> USB interface, I can't see any reason not to leave the old stuff behind
>> and go with the flow on this one.  I see an rPi being just two chips
>> (SoC and memory) with power support.
>>
> Not going to happen. At least for quite some time. It would need a
> completely new SoC design, rather than the minor redesign that was made
> for the Pi 2.

I don't think the SoC used in the rPi 2 was done *for* the rPi 2.  I 
think the chip was done for other purposes and used *in* the rPi 2.  Am 
I wrong about this?

I can't imagine that Broadcom is not already designing an SoC chip with 
USB 3.1 as we speak.

-- 

Rick

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rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 11:02 -0400
  Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Dom <domafp@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2015-10-06 18:02 +0100
    Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Jonathan Lane <tidux@faeroes.freeshell.org> - 2015-10-06 20:04 +0000
      Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 22:40 -0400
        Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-10-07 11:11 +0100
          Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 11:47 -0400
            Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-10-07 19:06 +0100
              Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 15:35 -0400
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector fruit <fruit@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-10-07 21:42 +0100
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-07 17:27 -0400
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector fruit <fruit@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-10-08 07:36 +0100
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> - 2015-10-08 09:34 +0000
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-10-08 19:26 +0100
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-08 18:40 -0400
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2015-10-11 20:28 +0300
                Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector "A. Dumas" <alexandre@dumas.fr.invalid> - 2015-10-11 20:48 +0200
    Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-06 22:47 -0400
  Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector julianmkizner@gmail.com - 2016-11-02 18:08 -0700
    Re: rPi and USB 3.1 w/ type C connector "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-11-05 13:01 +0000

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