Thunderbolt vs. USB-C: Menene Bambancin?

Lura: WSD ya nemi ambaton 2019's har yanzu-ba-samuwa USB4, wanda yakamata ya haɗu da musaya, wani wuri da haɗi zuwa labarin USB4.

Kuna buƙatar cajin na'urar hannu, ko haɗa na'urar zuwa PC ko Mac? Wataƙila kuna buƙatar amfani da ɗanɗano na tashar USB ko tashar Thunderbolt.

A cikin sabbin gyare-gyaren su, duk da haka, zabar tsakanin su biyu-ko raba su kawai-na iya zama da ruɗani. Hakan ya faru ne saboda bullar USB Type-C (wanda aka fi sani da USB-C), Thunderbolt 3, da Thunderbolt 4 musaya a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Waɗannan ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun bayanai guda uku suna raba haɗe-haɗe masu siffa iri ɗaya da igiyoyi waɗanda suka dace da juna ta zahiri. Amma masu kera kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, tebur, da na'urori ba koyaushe suna ba da lakabin da ke taimaka muku sauƙin faɗi wanne ba.

Maimakon barin ku don tsammani, bari mu bi bambance-bambancen da ke tsakanin Thunderbolt da USB-C, mu bayyana wanne ya kamata ku yi amfani da shi dangane da na'urar da kuke buƙatar haɗawa. 

Menene USB-C?

Serial Bus na Duniya shine mai haɗa daidaitattun masana'antu don watsa bayanai da ƙarfi akan kebul guda ɗaya. Mai haɗin USB-C yayi kama da tsohuwar mai haɗin kebul na USB a kallon farko, kodayake yana da mafi girman siffa da ɗan kauri don ɗaukar mafi kyawun fasalinsa: juzu'i. Ba kamar nau'in USB na rectangular-A ba, mai haɗin USB-C ba shi da gefen dama sama ko ƙasa; kawai ka jera shi ka toshe shi a ciki. Hakanan madaidaicin igiyoyi suna da haɗin haɗi iri ɗaya akan kowane ƙarshen don kada ka yi mamakin wane ƙarshen zai tafi.

Tashar tashar Thunderbolt 4/USB-C akan Apple iPad Pro
(Credit: Molly Flores)

USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) ne ya haɓaka mai haɗin USB-C, ƙungiyar kamfanoni waɗanda suka haɓaka, ƙwararru, da kuma kiyaye ma'aunin USB tsawon shekaru. Akwai kamfanoni fiye da 700 na USB-IF, ciki har da Apple, Dell, HP, Intel, Microsoft, da Samsung. Sakamakon haka, sabbin na'urori da yawa a cikin nau'ikan fasaha iri-iri yanzu suna wasa tashoshin USB-C. Hard Drives na waje, wayoyi, da na'urorin gida masu wayo duk suna amfani da USB-C don caji, canja wurin bayanai, ko duka biyun.

Godiya ga fa'idarsa mai fa'ida da iyawa mai ban sha'awa, USB-C da sauri ya zama tashar jiragen ruwa guda ɗaya don mulkin su duka. Haɗin mai siffar oval zai iya watsa bayanai cikin sauri har zuwa 20Gbps (madaidaicin rufin ya dogara da ƙayyadaddun ƙimar SuperSpeed ​​​​USB na tashar jiragen ruwa) kuma yana isar da kusan watts 100 na iko don cajin baturin waya, kwamfutar hannu, ko kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka. A wasu lokuta, USB-C kuma na iya watsa siginar sauti na DisplayPort da bidiyo don haɗa na'urarka zuwa na'urar duba waje ko TV. (Tashar jiragen ruwa da ake tambaya tana buƙatar goyan bayan ma'auni da ake kira DisplayPort akan USB(Yana buɗewa a cikin sabuwar taga).)

Ba kowane na'ura da ke da tashar USB-C ke iya yin duk waɗannan abubuwan ba, ba shakka. Kebul ɗin rumbun kwamfutarka ba zai iya fitar da siginar bidiyo ba; kawai yana amfani da USB-C don iko da canja wurin bayanai. Apple iPad yana amfani da USB-C don yin caji, aiki tare da Mac ko PC ɗin ku, da kuma fitar da abin saka idanu. Ɗayan tashar jiragen ruwa, yawancin aiwatarwa da amfani.

Menene Thunderbolt? 

Thunderbolt 3 da Thunderbolt 4 tashar jiragen ruwa sunyi daidai da tashoshin USB-C, kuma haƙiƙa masu haɗin su suna da kama da jiki. Ga mafi yawancin, suna iya yin duk abin da tashar USB-C za ta iya, sai dai sauri. Lallai, Thunderbolt shine babban saiti na USB-C; zaku iya toshe na'urar USB-C cikin tashar Thunderbolt 3 ko 4 akan PC kuma zaiyi aiki daidai.

Na'urorin Thunderbolt 4 na yau suna ba ku damar canja wurin bayanai har zuwa 40Gbps - sau biyu cikin sauri fiye da matsakaicin 20Gbps na tashar USB-C mafi sauri na yau, kuma sau huɗu cikin sauri kamar na asali na Thunderbolt. Bayan aikawa da karɓar bayanai zuwa kuma daga rumbun kwamfutarka ta waje, Thunderbolt na iya buɗe ƙarin damar don haɗa nunin nuni da tashar jiragen ruwa. Tashar jiragen ruwa na Thunderbolt yana nufin cewa kebul ɗaya shine kawai abin da kuke buƙata don tura wutar lantarki da kuma canja wurin bayanai masu yawa (kamar bayanan bidiyo na biyu ko fiye da 60Hz, 4K ƙuduri na waje) zuwa kuma daga kwamfuta. 

Hard Drive na waje mai tashar USB-C
(Credit: Zlata Ivleva)

Kamfanoni sun yi sauri don amfani da waɗannan damar. Apple yana cikin farkon masu ɗaukar Thunderbolt 3, kuma Thunderbolt 4 yana samuwa akan duk Macs na ƙarshen zamani da kuma iPad Pro. Ƙarfin fitowar bidiyo ya dogara da tsarin, amma wasu iMacs suna goyan bayan dual 6K Apple Pro Nuni XDR masu saka idanu da aka haɗa ta igiyoyin Thunderbolt. Hakanan zaku sami tashar jiragen ruwa na Thunderbolt 4 akan yawancin-ko da yake ba mafi arha ba, kuma da farko akan Intel- maimakon AMD-powered - kwamfyutocin Windows da ƴan kwamfutoci kaɗan, gami da zaɓin zaɓi na rumbun kwamfyuta na waje da docks fadada. 

Thunderbolt 4 ba ya bambanta da Thunderbolt 3; Dukansu suna amfani da masu haɗin USB-C iri ɗaya kuma suna raba babban gudun 40GBps iri ɗaya. Sabuwar ƙayyadaddun ƙayyadaddun yana goyan bayan aika siginar bidiyo zuwa nunin 4K guda biyu ko nunin 8K guda ɗaya, inda Thunderbolt 3 ya ba da izinin saka idanu na 4K guda ɗaya kawai, kuma yana ninka ƙimar bayanan PCI Express mai goyan baya zuwa 32Gbps.

Kamar yadda aka gani, tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Thunderbolt sun dace da baya tare da na'urorin USB-C. Don haka idan kuna da wasu abubuwan da ke goyan bayan Thunderbolt da wasu waɗanda ke goyan bayan USB-C kawai, duka biyun yakamata su sami damar yin aiki da kyau tare da tashar tashar Thunderbolt, kodayake na'urorin USB-C za su iyakance ga saurin USB-C da iyawa.

Ta Yaya Zan iya Fada Bambancin Tsakanin Tashoshin Ruwa?

Yayin da tashar USB-C da ke goyan bayan Thunderbolt ya fi ƙarfin wanda baya iyawa, ba koyaushe ba ne mai sauƙi don bambanta tsakanin su biyun. Kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka na Apple's MacBook Pro da MacBook Air suna da kusan tashoshin jiragen ruwa guda huɗu na Thunderbolt, amma babu ɗayansu da ke ɗauke da lakabi ko gano alamun kowace iri-kawai ya kamata ku san cewa duk tashoshin jiragen ruwa ne na Thunderbolt. Haka lamarin yake ga wasu tashoshin USB-C na wasu na'urori.

Tashar tashar USB-C ta ​​Microsoft Surface Laptop ba ta da lakabi.
(Credit: Zlata Ivleva)

A irin waɗannan yanayi, hanya ɗaya tilo don faɗi abin da kuke kallo ita ce karanta ƙayyadaddun samfuran akan marufi ko gidan yanar gizon masana'anta ko duba takaddun sa. Haka ke ga igiyoyi. Wasu tashoshin jiragen ruwa na Thunderbolt da igiyoyi suna da ƙananan walƙiya da aka lulluɓe a kansu, yayin da wasu ba su da. Tun da kuna buƙatar Thunderbolt maimakon kebul na USB-C don buɗe duk damar tashar tashar Thunderbolt, an sake karanta marufi na kusa. 

(Credit: Zlata Ivleva)

Wasu na'urori da yawa, musamman kwamfyutoci, suna da duka tashoshin USB-C da Thunderbolt 4, galibi ana gano su da kebul da alamomin walƙiya bi da bi. Wannan ya ce, kebul-C da lakabin Thunderbolt bai dace ba a mafi kyau.

Wanne Port Ya Kamata Na Yi Amfani da: Thunderbolt, ko USB-C?

Duk da yake yana iya zama a bayyane cewa ya kamata ku yi amfani da sauri, mafi ƙarfin Thunderbolt maimakon USB-C, yanke shawara ba koyaushe bane mai sauƙi. A yawancin lokuta, ba kwa buƙatar zaɓar tsakanin su biyun kwata-kwata. Don ganin dalilin da ya sa, ɗauki mafi mahimmancin damar kowane tashar jiragen ruwa: cajin baturi. A kan kwamfyutocin da ke goyan bayan caji akan USB-C kuma suna da duka USB-C da masu haɗin Thunderbolt, yawanci babu bambanci tsakanin ikon tashar da aka bayar don cajin tsarin (ko da yake akwai wasu keɓancewa(Yana buɗewa a cikin sabuwar taga)).

Wani yanayin da Thunderbolt da USB-C ke canzawa shine lokacin da kake haɗa kwamfutar abokin ciniki wanda ke goyan bayan Thunderbolt (ce, kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka) zuwa na'urar da ba ta (ce, waya ko rumbun kwamfutarka ta waje tare da USB-C). kebul). A cikin waɗannan lokuta, na'urar za ta yi aiki amma tashar tashar Thunderbolt ta kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ba za ta yi saurin canja wurin bayanai ba. Kuma da yawa na'urori, irin su printers, mice, da keyboards, ba sa buƙatar cikakken saurin USB, balle Thunderbolt.

(Credit: Zlata Ivleva)

Amma akwai lokuta da yakamata ku zaɓi Thunderbolt a inda zai yiwu, koda kuwa hakan yana nufin zaɓin na'urar da ta fi tsada. Wannan galibi gaskiya ne ga ƙwararrun kafofin watsa labarai waɗanda akai-akai kwafi ɗimbin hotuna da faifan bidiyo zuwa kuma daga abubuwan tafiyarwa na waje. Don ƙirar ƙira tare da kwamfutar Thunderbolt mai kayan aiki, ba mai hankali ba ne don siyan Thunderbolt maimakon kebul na USB-C na waje don rage lokacin da aka kashe ana jiran canja wurin bayanai don kammala. 

Gabaɗaya, ba Thunderbolt ko USB-C ba ne bayyanannen nasara. Suna kawai daban-daban, kuma kowannensu ya yi fice a lokuta daban-daban na amfani. Daga ƙarshe, idan tarihin mu'amalar kayan masarufi kowane jagora ne, za a maye gurbinsu da sabon ma'auni a cikin ƴan shekaru kaɗan-watakila sabuwar USB4-kuma za a sami sabon salo na bambance-bambance don koyo da dabara don buɗewa.