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Thunderbolt is coming to PCs next year
CHIPMAKER Intel revealed that Thunderbolt connection technology will be coming to Windows PCs next year.
The firm showed off a Thunderbolt system at its Intel Developer Forum today. The demo system had a Windows based PC connected to an Intel SSD storage device via a Thunderbolt cable.
A monitor showed four simultaneous uncompressed videos being streamed at a rate of over 700MB/s. Intel also announced that Acer and Asus will be delivering devices with Thunderbolt technology next year.
The super fast Thunderbolt connection that is 20 times faster than USB 2.0 is at present only found on Apple products such as the Macbook Air.
Intel VP Mooly Eden said, "We believe that this technology you'll see in more and more systems as we move forward." µ
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Personally I can see myself using it. One cable to my dual monitors which would then have built in USB hubs and then plugging my external HDD, mouse and Keyboard into that. Sounds Ideal. Total of 2 Cables out the back of my PC. 1 for power and 1 for everything else! I could also see myself wanting to dock my laptop into one of the external video cards they were talking about too. Initial issue will be cost for it all, especially as the cables have controllers inside them. I can also see the benefit for low end servers that want to connect to external storage at decent speeds.
If you have some burning need for Thunderbolt great but from what I see it's a hyped interface that few if anyone actually needs.
Why in gods name would I or anyone use this over a much cheaper and wider spread SATA3 connection?
Right, because we all stream off storage devices...not from the Internet.