Whilst the initial costs of these chips would be relatively high, the volume that they would be manufactured in would drop the cost of each endpoint to a negligible level.
Frankly, the world needs this technology. It's ridiculous that we are having to buy (multiple) VGA, DVI, USB, USB2, FireWire, FireWire2, HDMI, etc. cables and adapters.
The back of most PC's looks like a rat's nest. Ideally, there should be AT MOST one cable between any two devices and most lower-speed devices should be talking wirelessly.
Well done Intel. Now standardize it and ship it.
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