Looking to add some speed to your rig's storage gear? Thunderbolt is ready to take you to new heights. full story ![]()
Intel has doubled the speed of the Thunderbolt data transfer technology, which will soon shuttle data between host computers like Macs and peripherals at a rate of 20G bps (bits per second). This is the first big speed boost for the interconnect, which has held steady at a 10G bps data transfer rate since the technology’s introduction in early 2011. The enhancement will...
pcworld.com (2 months and 12 days ago)
At the NAB show in Las Vegas Intel announced a new generation of the PCIe-based Thunderbolt communication interface supporting up to 20 Gb/s data rates. The new interface has a code name of Falcon Ridge. The prior generation of Thunderbolt provides 10 Gb/s data rates. The new Thunderbolt interface supports 20 Gb/s over two copper channels and will support up to two...
forbes.com (2 months and 11 days ago)

The latest version of Intel's Thunderbolt input/output technology can transfer data at speeds of 20Gbps, in both directions, making it twice as fast as current version of the tech.The technology was introduced in 2011 as a data transfer rival to USB 3.0, allows users to quickly transfer files between peripherals and computers, such as Apple's MacBook line on which it...
techradar.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

Intel has released further details of the next generation of Thunderbolt, the high-speed hardware interface it originally developed with Apple. Thunderbolt 2 doubles data transfer rates to 20 Gb/s which, with the incorporation of DisplayPort 1.2, will allow the transmission of raw 4K video as well as data...
gizmag.com (13 days ago)

Intel has officially announced that the next generation of Thunderbolt, previously codenamed Falcon Ridge, will be called... wait for it... Thunderbolt 2. Lame name, sadly-but it still promises to be amazing. In fact Intel spilled the beans on he new data connection back in April, explaining that it would be capable of 20Gbps in both directions-fast enough to transfer and...
gizmodo.com (13 days ago)

As a Mac user, I’ve never been a big fan of USB for storage. Keyboards, mice, sure. But a hard drive connected via USB has always been slow compared to those using Apple’s FireWire, FireWire 800, and (most recently) Thunderbolt interfaces. And booting from a USB drive on the Mac was a no-no for a long time. Times have changed, however. And thanks to USB 3.0’s availability...
macworld.com (25 days ago)

You can officially stop bragging about how fast your fancy new USB 3.0 flash drive is. At the Computex show in Taipei Intel was showing off this hacked together prototype of a dedicated Thunderbolt 128GB flash drive boasting data transfer speeds of 10 Gbit/s, or about twice as fast as USB 3.0's max. And now that Thunderbolt 2 has been introduced, waiting around for large...
gizmodo.com (12 days ago)

Intel’s just announced more details about its upcoming Thunderbolt 2 interface technology, and the news might just make high-definition video buffs start drooling. Thunderbolt 2 combines the two previously independent 10Gbps data and display channels of the original Thunderbolt interface into a single 20Gbps bi-directional channel that supports both data and display. That,...
pcworld.com (13 days ago)

Thunderbolt is exciting for its bandwidth and the versatility of how it carries data. The latter allows a port to morph into another kind, as with Apple's FireWire and Ethernet adaptors. That same flexibility allows the Matrox DS1 to add a variety of extra ports in one box. It's designed for MacBooks, so the Thunderbolt port is at the front, with rear cables to downstream...
techradar.com (2 months and 21 days ago)
Intel is showing off what it called the "world's fastest thumb drive," which uses Thunderbolt technology to provide breakthrough data transfer speeds compared to flash drives that plug into USB ports. At the Computex trade show in Taipei, Intel showed a key-shaped prototype 128GB thumb drive that plugged directly into a computer's Thunderbolt port. The drive required no...
pcworld.com (12 days ago)
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