Presented by Intel a few years ago with the code name of Light Peak, Thunderbolt is now a communication interface has already been adopted on the latest generation of Apple machines. Thunderbolt is born from the collaboration between Intel and Apple, with the aim to propose an interface that will replace all existing ones on the current machine (USB, FireWire and eSATA, for instance), obviously with appropriate values of bandwidth.
Thunderbolt, in this respect, does not miss anything: each connector incorporates two channels of 10Gbit / s each (with the possibility of the coexistence of copper and fiber optic), with room for expansion up to 100 Gbit / s in the future. The connector is the same as Apple mini Display Port, and combines in a single data stream data transfer protocols Display Port and PCI Express.
This is to give a brief summary. Up to now, as mentioned, only the Apple machines are equipped with the latest generation of that interface, thanks to agreements of exclusive use of which have asked us not to talk. Mooly Eden, during his keynote address, said that Thunderbolt is also coming to PC in 2012; with almost all the brands are ready to embrace the standard, although most probably without abandoning those "historical".
The real problem is the very low diffusion Thunderbolt devices. It's not a surprise considering that the rapid worldwide spread of Apple machines reaches about 5% and that only a part of this consists of machines of last generation, it is easy to understand the attitude of wait-producers. With the arrival of Thunderbolt PC all, probably will change.
At the Intel Developer Forum, there was still a section entirely dedicated to Thunderbolt, where they were exposed to perfer available today. There are boxes for converting audio and video (I XT Hague), passing through the dock door conversion Belk in.
More interesting than the Sonnet models Echo Express 2.0 PCIe Expansion, which allows you to use a PCI Express to connect to external systems, as well as the external drive Seagate Go Flex Mobile removable terminals, can communicate with USB 2.0, FireWire 800 and a Thunderbolt depending on the connector installed. High prices of all units on display, but with higher things will change.
Posted by: Wasim Javed
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