Light Peak to Connect Consumer Devices at Record Speed

@cheehon: I hope you like waiting. Best case scenario: Lightpeak starts showing up in more than just high end exclusive stuff by 2014.

oh my God, technology is horibly fast.
i wont buy i7 or new pc now.
lets wait for these and wait with some core2dua.. XD

USB 3.0 and SATA III What are those again? lol That's what people will be saying once Light Peak comes out.

Want.

I can't wait to see this in the first Mac computers. This is insanely fast technology and may be why Intel has held off on their USB 3.0 equipment.

Power over the cable isn't an issue. It's already smaller, so all you have to do is put another pin in, and connect that pin to motherboard provided power. Not an issue at all cause HDMI does it already.

Apple didn't fund USB. They were early adopters, but they didn't have anything to do with its technical development.

Perhaps you were referring to Firewire.

Apple are doing it right this time. FireWire was and still is great, but they made the mistake of having silly licence fees involved with it which limited its uptake, and at the same time they did it alone and Intel just stomped over them with USB. Remember, Intel is the biggest maker of chipsets and networking components in the world, so if Intel make it, it's a de-facto standard. Apple took this to Intel because they have the fab capacity and market share to make it dominent and work.

Still has the issue of providing power over the cable.

Intel has stated that power will be provided by the copper braiding that will be used to sheath the optic fiber.