X399 GIGABYTE Designare EX motherboard and Thunderbolt 3

[bootit]

Does anyone know if the X399 GIGABYTE Designare EX motherboard has a Thunderbolt 3 card available yet or rumored to be available sometime? Am I right that this October 2017 released board is the only X399 Threadripper Thunderbolt option? Any thoughts if it is being held off because of new designs pending for the series two threadrippers? Thanks

 

[Calvin7]

Gigabyte had grand plans of enabling Thunderbolt 3 support on its X399 Designare EX motherboard by way of an add-in card, which users could buy and plug into a header. There was only one problem—Thunderbolt is proprietary Intel technology, and Intel hasn't certified any implementations on Ryzen or Threadripper. We don't know the full situation, but the roadblock appears to be more of a licensing issue than a technical one.

https://www.pcgamer.com/complex-threadripper-hack-gets-intels-thunderbolt-3-working-on-amd-hardware/