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Intel’s Next-Gen Thunderbolt Can Hit 120 Gbps — Sometimes

following the launch of USB4 version 2Intel has further elaborated on its next-generation Thunderbolt ports. The company says it complies with the USB Implementers Forum specifications while also offering DisplayPort 2.1.

At Intel’s development center in Haifa, Israel, the company demonstrated the new Thunderbolt. 80 GBps connection on connector, which is twice that of Thunderbolt 4. Today, Intel has a new demonstration carefully described as a “prototype” that enables 120 Gbps for “video-intensive applications.”

Newer Thunderbolt connections (which Intel hasn’t named yet, but embraces Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt 2, Thunderbolt 3, and Thunderbolt 4) typically split lanes evenly for both transmit and receive up to 80 Gbps. assign. However, when you connect to a display that needs more bandwidth (perhaps an 8K monitor), the new interface takes over some of the transmit-based connections, so you can receive less and send more data.

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yesterday, USB-IF announcement A similar asymmetric signal interface allows 120 Gbps transmission and maintains 40 Gbps in the other direction. So at some point we’ll know if there’s a difference in how they work. USB 4 also operates at 80 Gbps, similar to what Thunderbolt describes.

Intel says Thunderbolt “conforms” to the latest USB specification, but it’s also clear that the company feels Thunderbolt is more secure.Specifically, the company has slides detailing all the “optional” features USB4, including speeds in excess of 20 Gbps, while the next generation of Thunderbolt will always require both 80 Gbps speeds and up to 120 Gbps for certain video workloads. In short, Intel claims that getting Thunderbolt will give you a better experience with more guaranteed results.

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The new Thunderbolt connector is also designed to work with passive cables already on the market up to 1 meter in length, supporting up to twice the PCI Express data throughput of the previous specification, making it even more efficient. Great games are possible.

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