Intel Thunderbolt Briefing at Computex - New motherboards and devices!

[siopao1984]

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Jason Ziller, Intel's Director of Thunderbolt Marketing gave an update on the Thunderbolt ecosystem, introducing the many new PC vendors who have come onboard and their products since the Apple exclusive on Thunderbolt expired not long ago. Interestingly, he stressed repeatedly during his presentation that Thunderbolt devices designed for the Mac will not work seemlessly on the Windows PC without a certified driver.

The previously exobitant (Apple-only) cable prices are expected to fall with the introduction of more vendors (including mainstream names like Belkin and WD) and optical cables will allow running lengths up to 20 metres.

MotherboardsThese are a current list of motherboard vendors that Intel are working with implementing Thunderbolt support on consumer off the shelf motherboards. You've already seen the ASUS P8Z77-V Premium, Intel DZ77RE-75k and MSI Z77A-GD80 before, but they are single connector designs (Cactus Ridge 2C).

The more expensive but forward looking Cactus Ridge 4C host router - which allows for two Thunderbolt ports (uses 4 PCIe lanes from the PCH).

ASRock Z77 Extreme 6/TB R1.0 (4C)GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP4 THGIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP5 TH

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An ASUS ROG G55VW (Ivy Bridge i7, GTX660M) with a single Thunderbolt port







Thunderbolt Devices

MSI GUS, a Thunderbolt PCIe Graphics Breakout Box first seen at CES 2012, with enough bandwidth (PCIe x2 or x4 depending on the host controller used) to run Crysis Warhead (had a lot of input lag though).







Only a single slot graphics card is supported, and an external power adapter is needed to keep things running.





OCZ's Little Foot portable storage device (mSATA SSD)







We've seen the LaCie's Little Big Disk before during our Thunderbolt motherboard review... now theres a new version that includes dual eSATA ports.





And oh...

[PagkahomotSAimongUTOToi]

I like the last part. Grbe ka paspas sa dagan sa tech. wa pa gani ma standard ang sata 3 ug usb 3.0, ug wa pa gani mafully saturate ang pcie 3.0 na na may replacement.

[butitoy]

WoW na WoW!

[yufa333]

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[BrianBCBF]

mao jud,wapa gani mauso dri ang usb 3.0 thumb drive.. nana sad lain.. grabeha sa technology