Intel Thunderbolt Fiber Optic Cables
Intel fiber optical cables, next generation connectivity will beginning to upgrade this year, according to IDG. Thunderbolt technology can increase further, the current interfaces can handle optical cables that data quickly over long distances to transport than current copper cables. Thunderbolt was introduced over a year ago. Apple has apparently seen the same benefits that can offer the Thunderbolt. But even if 10Gb/sek. are impressive, you can get out with Thunderbolt optical cables much longer than with the current of copper, said Dave Salvator, Intel spokesman.
Intel has said copper cables are adequate for data transfers over short distances of up to six meters. Optical cables will be good for data transfers over longer distances of tens of meters.
The upside to optical is that it allows for longer cable runs, and as the technology develops, more bandwidth, [Intel spokesman Dave] Salvator said in email.
The advantage of copper cables, however, that there are electricity through the cable can be supplied up to 10 watts. This last point with the advent of optical drop cables, but the maximum length of the cables will increase by tens of meters, so the speed. Intel believes that the maximum speed in the coming years can be cranked and the maximum around 2020 at 100 Gb / s, so a tenfold increase. By comparison, USB 3.0 achieves a transfer rate of 5 Gb / s. Intel promised earlier that the optical cable would arrive in 2012, but an exact date was not disclosed. Again, Intel does not, but it looks like that Intel itself will keep the promise.
According to Intel, the copper cables adequate for short distance data transmission, up to six meters. The optical cables also guarantee high bandwidth at greater distances from tens of meters. The optical variations, however, lack the ability of copper to 10W of power supply, so that some connected components of their power via an adapter should involve, where it is not necessary when connected via a copper Thunderbolt line.
Intel has not yet announced when the optical cables exactly true, nor what they will cost.The use of optical cables will bring no gain in speed, which can only be expected if it is switched on support for pci-e 3.0 and when an optical successor to the current generation appears. This happens only in 2013, respectively 2015.
The current speed is up to 10Gbps in both directions, with support for PCI-E 3.0, every channel has a bandwidth of 16Gbps in both directions and will in the future, an optical 50Gbps successor to a distance of 100 meters can bring.
Intel Thunderbolt Fiber Optic Cables
