28.09.2009 10:35 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Light Peak: One Port for All

During the IDF, Intel made an impressive demo of a new technology being currently developed: Light Peak. Nothing new for the principle: use optical fiber support data transfer, something already used for year for high-speed and high-performance data transfer network. The same optical fiber network is already use in Japan, and being deployed in some EU countries (Germany, France, Spain, etc.) and should offer up to 100 MB/s both way.However, Intel aims to make optical transfer the future of all peripheral connections, from a simple external HD to the display. Well, it is in fact Apple that asked Intel to develop such technology to reach a defined goal: one port for all. In addition, one will be able to get any type of data, so a display will be able to get 8 Gbits/s, while the external HD will be fine with "only" assigned 1 Gbits/s. Of course the demonstrat

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