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New Thunderbolt Revision Features 20 Gbps Throughput, 4K Video Support
hooligun writes "The next-gen Thunderbolt tech (code-named Falcon Ridge) enables 4K video file transfer and display simultaneously in addition to running at 20 Gbps. It will be backward-compatible with previous-gen Thunderbolt cables and connectors, and production is set to ramp up in 2014. An on-stage demo with fresh-off-the-press silicon showed the new Thunderbolt running 1,200 Mbps, which is certainly a step up from what's currently on the market."
So, will we see OEM Windows PCs come by default with Thunderbolt ports? Or is this another fantastic, magical, extraordinary Apple Inc. exclusive?
You wouldn't seriously risk upgrading to Windows 8 just to be able to use 20 Gbps external connections would you???
... Thunderbolt tech enables 4K video file transfer and display simultaneously in addition to running at 20 Gbps. It will be backward-compatible with previous-gen Thunderbolt cables and connectors ...
And even faster with gold-plated Monster cables / connectors !
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Thunderbolt...
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Voltage : 18v
Current : 550ma
Pins : Total of 20
6 x Ground Pins
4 x Data (+)
4 x Data (-)
6 x Other stuff
Power = 10 watt
USB3.0 (Powered)
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Voltage : 5v
Current : 900ma
Pins : Total of 11
3 x Ground
2 x Data (+)
2 x Data (-)
4 x Other Stuff
Power = 5 watt
SO basically, they've increase the voltage by 400%, dropped the current by half, added some more wires and made some special new connectors? Oh and given it another name which is $Nature_Scary_Thing . $Electricity_Word to match their previous hipster names? I'm not seeing the big deal here yet...
I'm not signing anything
Compare a thunderbolt cable to a Cisco 10 gig copper cable and tell me thunderbolt is overpriced.
Sure, but even Denon's $500 ethernet cable looks like a great deal compared to Cisco gear.
Game! - Where the stick is mightier than the sword!
nice to have a supercomputer laying around.