Thunderbolt

At the launch of the new Mac Book Pros, Intel announced the presence of Thunderbolt technology, which according to Intel as a new way for data transfers.

The technology was originally named Light Peak is a new era for shifting the position of many of the current use of protocols such as PCs, FireWire, HDMI, SATA, SCSI and USB.

Thunderbolts not only offers a new technology, as well as their ability which is equivalent to USB 3.0. Here are 5 benefits of Thunderbolt, a decent you know,

1. Super fast in transmitting data. Thunderbolt combines the ability of PCI Express (PCIe) and DisplayPort protocol, and capable of transferring data between computers and peripherals with the speed of 10 Gbps, fast enough to transfer the length of the Blu Ray movie in under 30 seconds, and more than twice the speed of USB 3.0 (4, 8 Gbps).

2. Answering the riddle. Although originally positioned as Intel's Peak Light optical technology, but the first iteration will use copper wires. In addition to cheap technology and of course consume energy more concise.

3. The future will be faster. Intel has stated that, in the next decade, it is possible to Thunderbolt technology to eventually scale up to a speed of 100 Gbps. (However, it is unlikely that this speed can be achieved without an optical cable)

4. Re-port for duty. Although the Thunderbolt was designed to work with the transmission protocol, but the specific prot should be designed to take full advantage of the speed capabilities. Port Thunderbolt in the new MacBook is identical to the Mini DisplayPort jack, so that each mini-DisplayPort cable or adapter, should work in it.

5. Wonders of miniaturization. Thunderbolt has been made possible by Intel miniaturizing optical transceiver is required, which convert electricity to light and vice versa.