Intel has launched its next-generation Thunderbolt expertise that conforms to the DisplayPort 2.1 and USB4 v2 specs.
Introducing quicker Thunderbolt connections will provide the demand from energy customers, streamers, content material creators, and avid gamers trying to find the very best shows and enhanced immersion, providing low latency photographs and video and an more and more greater decision. One other enchancment of the expertise is entry to faster-transmitted knowledge and bigger file sizes. Among the highlighted & new options embody:
Two occasions the whole bandwidth of Thunderbolt 4 to 80 Gbps, whereas offering as much as 3 times the bandwidth of 120 Gbps for video-intensive usages.
Help for the newly launched DisplayPort 2.1 for the very best show expertise.
Two occasions the PCI Categorical knowledge throughput for quicker storage and exterior graphics.
Works with current passive cables as much as 1m through a brand new signaling expertise.
Appropriate with earlier variations of Thunderbolt, USB, and DisplayPort.
Supported by Intel’s enabling and certification applications.
Nonetheless, the bandwidth isn’t unidirectional however bi-directional, which opens as much as 120Gbps to supply the very best viewing expertise on show. This new bi-directional bandwidth expertise will carry out 3 times higher than earlier generations.
Intel showcases the bi-directional bandwidth capabilities of the brand new Thunderbolt. Picture source: Intel.
Intel has all the time been the business pioneer and chief for wired connectivity options, and Thunderbolt is now the mainstream port on cellular PCs and built-in into three generations of Intel cellular CPUs. We’re very excited to guide the business ahead with the subsequent era of Thunderbolt constructed on the USB4 v2 specification, superior to this subsequent era by Intel and different USB Promoter Group members.
—Jason Ziller, normal supervisor of the Consumer Connectivity Division, Intel
Intel card displaying that earlier variations of Thunderbolt and present variations will maintain the identical, easy-to-distinguish brand and continued USB4 help. Picture source: Intel.
Intel is showcasing the improve to knowledge deliverance with the brand new bi-directional bandwidth expertise. Picture source: Intel.
The brand new Thunderbolt will provide elevated PCIe knowledge throughput — as much as two occasions quicker — to extend the effectivity of storage and graphics from exterior sources. The prototype can be proven to be able to compatibility with earlier variations of Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, and USB. Thunderbolt will even proceed to work with current passive cables (as much as one meter) by way of a brand new signaling expertise developed by Intel. The brand new expertise will even help the enablement and certification of Intel’s applications.
Intel’s demonstration of real-world utilization with Thunderbolt. Picture source:
Intel’s continued help of advancing knowledge throughput with Thunderbolt.
The corporate has continued to work intently with a number of of its companions, from cable, PC, and accent firms, to reinforce the brand new Thunderbolt expertise, which was the premise for the USB4 requirements at present set.
