Optical cables that connect peripherals to Thunderbolt 2 ports in Apple Macs are getting longer, but also more expensive. Other World Computing on Friday started selling a 30-meter Thunderbolt 2 ...

For more than a year Intel has talked about graduating from copper wires to fiber optics for Thunderbolt ports on Apple’s Mac computers, and Sumitomo Electric Industries has became one of the first ...

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Already in its second generation, the Thunderbolt I/O protocol has been around for three years, but only recently did manufacturers begin production of optical cables to deliver the tentpole feature ...

I can see that most modern motherboards have a thunderbolt port, but how is it actually wired? When I can connect my thunderbolt cable/dock to a Macbook Pro, everything gets routed via that - USB, ...

Since the mid 1990s, the Universal Serial Bus has held its own as the industry standard for cable and connection interfaces. The standard is so embedded in our technology that it’s been embraced by a ...

I often get ideas to test certain aspects of storage technology, but none are more popular than the cables we use to connect to our storage devices. With Intel and the USB-IF going with Type-C as a ...

Optical cables for Thunderbolt ports that enable faster data transfers over longer distances on computers such as Apple’s Macintosh will be available later this year, Intel said Monday. Thunderbolt, ...

Intel's long-awaited Thunderbolt 4 has now been revealed and its specification detailed. In a press release the company says this next generation of the connectivity standard will deliver "increased ...

PC makers Acer and Asustek have joined Apple in announcing support for Intel's Thunderbolt high speed data interconnect, saying they will add the technology to PCs next year. Intel noted the two ...

Connecting an external GPU via Thunderbolt 5 can upgrade a vanilla work laptop into a reasonably competent gaming PC. If you need multiple displays, you can connect two 4K60 monitors over Thunderbolt ...

Intel has announced a new feature for Thunderbolt designed to make life easier for folks with both a laptop and a desktop (or just two different PCs they use frequently). Thunderbolt Share allows two ...