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Apparently, not: "Intel to make Thunderbolt 3 royalty-free in 2018"[1].

[1] http://www.zdnet.com/article/intel-to-make-thunderbolt-3-roy...

That's good news! AMD can finally have full stack.

Why is thunderbolt such a big requirement for a NUC equivalent?

I guess external GPU as well as pro-audio equipment. NUC is super small and handy (I have 3 of them) and powerful enough CPU-wise to do almost anything.

Is it possible to have an external GPU via USB-C that would be competitive to one via Thunderbolt? I understand that there may be nothing interesting as of yet.

No, USB-C doesn’t offer DMA.

Some of the new Intel processors come with AMD Radeon graphics, so...

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/moorins...