Apple has launched the first devices Light Peak, which is the trade name Thunderbolt. Pending the announcement of Intel tonight, some information is available: Thunderbolt is simplifying a PCI-Express four lines, all in a single cable. The advertised bandwidth is 10 Gbit / s, with a priori 1 GB / s maximum practice, PCI-Express requires.
Thunderbolt is actually using the 4x PCI-Express and DisplayPort protocol encapsulated in the Light Peak, with a Mini DisplayPort jack for connection itself. Technically, so connector is "universal" in the sense that it's PCI-Express which is transported. The standard is available in recent years, it is simple enough to offer adapters to Thunderbolt USB 3.0, Ethernet, FireWire, SATA, or any other technology as the chip controllers accept the PCI Express input.
The main difference cope with current solutions is that the controller is shifted: instead of putting the controller in the machine, it is outside. Apple says in its current implementation - in laptops - it is possible to connect six devices on a connector Thunderbolt, one of which may be a screen.
The connector supplied energy, like the USB or FireWire device and can consume 10 watts, considerably more than what makes the USB, even in its version 3.0. Good idea, coming of FireWire, the transfers are not all in this together teaches the course before going on display data chaining is conventional and "intelligent", contrary to the principle of the USB hub, which provides good scalability load when connecting multiple hard drives.
By simplifying, connecting four hard drives do not divide the available bandwidth between the four drives, they use only what they need. In the end, Thunderbolt looks interesting, remains to be seen whether the standard will really be used, or the communication interfaces already in place, such as USB 3.0, will retain leadership.
The question is simple: is it that Intel and Apple offers a new standard or a new FireWire? 
Thunderbolt is actually using the 4x PCI-Express and DisplayPort protocol encapsulated in the Light Peak, with a Mini DisplayPort jack for connection itself. Technically, so connector is "universal" in the sense that it's PCI-Express which is transported. The standard is available in recent years, it is simple enough to offer adapters to Thunderbolt USB 3.0, Ethernet, FireWire, SATA, or any other technology as the chip controllers accept the PCI Express input.
The main difference cope with current solutions is that the controller is shifted: instead of putting the controller in the machine, it is outside. Apple says in its current implementation - in laptops - it is possible to connect six devices on a connector Thunderbolt, one of which may be a screen.
The connector supplied energy, like the USB or FireWire device and can consume 10 watts, considerably more than what makes the USB, even in its version 3.0. Good idea, coming of FireWire, the transfers are not all in this together teaches the course before going on display data chaining is conventional and "intelligent", contrary to the principle of the USB hub, which provides good scalability load when connecting multiple hard drives.
By simplifying, connecting four hard drives do not divide the available bandwidth between the four drives, they use only what they need. In the end, Thunderbolt looks interesting, remains to be seen whether the standard will really be used, or the communication interfaces already in place, such as USB 3.0, will retain leadership.
The question is simple: is it that Intel and Apple offers a new standard or a new FireWire?
- Apple to call Light Peak "Thunderbolt"; Photos of new data port on the MacBook Pros (23/02/2011)
- Apples new high-speed interface may be called Thunderbolt (23/02/2011)
- Intel and Apple to launch Light Peak as Thunderbolt in the MacBook Pro (23/02/2011)
- Can Intel's Light Peak Untangle Cable Snarl? (24/02/2011)
- Rumor: New MacBooks Come with Light Peak, Renamed 'Thunderbolt' (23/02/2011)
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