We’re right here on the Intel Improvement Heart (IDC) in Haifa, Israel, for the second day of the corporate’s Know-how Tour 2022, the place the corporate is sharing new details about its newest merchandise. As we speak the corporate confirmed a dwell video of the primary check system to run with an 80 Gbps Thunderbolt connection.
Intel did not share many particulars, however the demo consisted of twin Thunderbolt lanes, with every operating at 40 Gbps (for a complete of 80 Gbps). That is twice the efficiency of Thunderbolt 4, which tops out at 40 Gbps in combination.
The 80 Gbps connection ran throughout a USB-C cable. Intel did not announce a reputation for the quicker interface or point out when it can come to market. For now, all we all know is that it’s going to double the velocity of the prevailing Thunderbolt 4 connection.Â
Thunderbolt 4 presently leverages the USB 4 model 1.0 specification, and the brand new model of Thunderbolt employs the elevated throughput of the USB 4 model 2.0 spec introduced earlier this month.
Intel tells us that it hasn’t dedicated to a naming scheme for the 80 Gbps Thunderbolt interface but. Given the USB 4 ‘model 2.0’ branding scheme, it is attainable that Intel might model this as Thunderbolt 4 model 2 or use another sort of designation for an incremental replace.
Intel’s IDC in Haifa is accountable for all issues Thunderbolt and USB at Intel, as proven within the above slide. That remit contains product definition, {hardware}, software program design and validation, excessive quantity manufacturing (HVM), and productization. The group additionally helps the ecosystem and runs 9 amenities worldwide that check and certify Thunderbolt merchandise.
For more information on USB 4 and Thunderbolt 4, head to our USB 4: Every part We Know article.
