Intel's Thunderbolt Technology in Action

Intel's Jason Ziller shows has fast and how much data can be transferred by Intel's Thunderbolt technology, previously referred to its codename Light Peak. The new high-speed PC connection technology that brings together high-speed data transfer and high-definition (HD) display on to a single cable. Running at 10Gbps, Thunderbolt technology can transfer a full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds. This Intel-developed technology first hit the market through a technical collaboration with Apple, and is available first on Apple's line of MacBook Pro laptop computers. Photos and more details http://intel.ly/h59ZWt.

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[Bartek Juszczak]

13Gb/s is the maximum that can be achieved.

He is getting 600MB/s which is 600MB/s * 8 = 4800Mb/s = 4.8Gb/s

The other limit here is the hard drives, an average hard drive will have read write speeds of 100MB/s he has 6 in RAID0 which means he should get about 600MB/s which he is getting.

The confusing thing for people here is the difference between b and B, bits and bytes, 8 bits is 1 byte, so then 8Gb/s is equal to 8000/8 MB/s which is 1000MB/s

[BlackOasis21]

Thunderbolt interface is 12 times faster than usb 3. Granted usb 3 physical int. is bkwd compatible with usb 2, but I don't really get your point (Even though you didn't make one).

[10p6]

With both streams, Thunderbolt is a maximum of 4 times faster than USB 3, not 12. USB has a 5mbps channel, where as Thunderbolt has dual 10mbps channels. USB 3.0 will max out about 225 MBps, whereas Thunderbolt is said to max out about 880 MBps.

[PurePwnzors]

I am not really understanding Thunderbolt, as I have just recently heard about it. It seems that it is primarily for Apple users. Not really sure why they put it on a PC motherboard when there does not seem to be anything for PC in the Thunderbolt hierarchy.

[HPISRP]

oo another useless overpriced thing ...... wen dont have enough in this world

[zztl]

the drivers for my intel chip dell xps 15z with windows 8 isn't even working probably yet, do something useful and i also mean must work properly first!!!

[zztl]

the next usb3.0 standard is also 10gb/s, and it is much much much more common port. thunderbolt is just another weird geek thing which is the super odd category that apple always digs. come on intel, make something that really useful to most of us not yourself.

[MrTcheung]

Does anyone know if the 10W maximum is for all connected bus-powered devices downstream or for each connected bus-powered

device?

[WeightGainingII]

They aren't... Some Asus Laptops have Thunderbolt ports. I only use it, because it is on my extremely overpriced MacBook Pro for a second monitor...

[MagicNewsTeleVision]

As a new Mac user I'm converted. It's just sooo much easier. Have a question if anyone can answer. I have a canon xha1 and whilst on tour( away from home), what peripherals can I use to transfer video footage from camera to my new 15 " solid state MacBook pro.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

JJ

[lilnoobito]

These transfer speeds are amazing. I got really excited to see something move that fast.

[cola7016]

But why make it to macs? Those computers can do exactly NOTHING compared to windows! They just cost 5 times a windows-pc cost, and have an apple-logo on its back....