Intel Releases 'Light Peak' as 'Thunderbolt'; Offers 10Gbps Speeds

Rob Williams · 02-24-2011, 03:00 PM

Intel, in conjunction with Apple's MacBook Pro refresh, today announced its "Thunderbolt Technology", formally known as "Light Peak". This connector, based around the PCI Express bus, enables a 10Gbps bi-directional connection to devices plugged in, and thanks to the fact that devices can be daisy-chained (up to six), one Thunderbolt connector can offer a lot of expandability.

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madstork91 · 03-28-2011, 12:30 AM

Get ready for "thunderstruck" comments and commercials.

Rob Williams · 03-28-2011, 11:49 AM

I do kind of wish Intel chose a different name for this tech... just take a look at how many things have been called Thunderbolt. After Intel announced this, I saw commercials or Web mentioned of two completely non-related products also called Thunderbolt... it's kind of nuts.

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Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I do kind of wish Intel chose a different name for this tech... just take a look at how many things have been called Thunderbolt. After Intel announced this, I saw commercials or Web mentioned of two completely non-related products also called Thunderbolt... it's kind of nuts. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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