Posted July 23, 2012, 1:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
Intel’s Thunderbolt is still getting off the ground when it comes to consumer adoption, with only a handful of systems supporting the high-speed interconnect and just as few peripherals that can take advantage of it. But Intel is not slowing…
Intel is said to have finished work on its next generation Thunderbolt controller, codenamed Cactus Ridge, and it is apparently ready for Apple's upcoming Mac releases. According to VR-Zone, the new controller should make its way into the iMac and…
Posted March 14, 2012, 12:00 PM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
Intel has confirmed that it will release optical cables for the Thunderbolt interface later this year, enabling devices to communicate at further distances than possible with the existing copper-based versions, as well as offering increased bandwidth. Thunderbolt was released just…
Posted December 27, 2011, 9:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
Intel is reportedly pushing for wider adoption of its high speed Thunderbolt interconnect in 2012. According to DigiTimes, the company will "fully release" its I/O technology in April -- which happens to coincide with Ivy Bridge's launch -- and already…
Posted September 27, 2011, 5:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Apple
Thunderbolt ports on current Macs will support optical cabling, according to Intel. If you recall, the company's original specification for the technology (codenamed Light Peak at the time) was to use optical cables and eventually reach speeds of up to…
Apple and Intel may be pushing Light Peak (aka Thunderbolt) technology forward as a true next-gen USB replacement, but that doesn't mean the latter will die so easily. The USB 3.0 Promoter Group is working on a new specification that…
Sony has taken the wraps off its latest Vaio ultraportable, a two-part system that comprises a very lightweight main unit and a separate attachment that will turn it into a powerful desktop replacement when docked. First rumored back in March,…
Apple has brought their popular line of MacBook Pro notebooks up to date using Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors across the board, including quad-core CPUs in the more expensive 15" and 17" models.
Posted February 23, 2011, 8:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
Intel has invited journalists to a pair of events in California this Thursday, where it will "discuss a new technology that is about to appear on the market" and conduct technology and product demonstrations. The event is perhaps not so…
Posted February 21, 2011, 11:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
Apple is getting ready to announce a new "high-speed connection technology" soon, according to Cnet. Although its source didn't get into specifics, the site notes that the timing coincides with the time frame Intel laid out for the first Light…
Intel is greeting us with some good and bad news this week. In an interview with IDG News, the company’s executive vice president David Perlmutter said that Light Peak is ready to be implemented by device makers. But as rumored,…
Posted December 14, 2010, 8:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
Intel has been touting Light Peak as the next big thing in connector technology and a way to reduce the proliferation of ports on modern computers, by using a single interface to handle everything from network connectivity to data transfers…
Posted November 5, 2010, 3:47 PM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
Intel Light Peak, a high-speed connection standard capable of transferring data at 10 gigabits per second, may be arriving sooner than expected. Light Peak is "now on track to appear in products in the first half of 2011—and likely earlier…
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