Optical cables that connect peripherals to Thunderbolt 2 ports in Apple Macs are getting longer, but also more expensive. Other World Computing on Friday started selling a 30-meter Thunderbolt 2 ...

I can see that most modern motherboards have a thunderbolt port, but how is it actually wired? When I can connect my thunderbolt cable/dock to a Macbook Pro, everything gets routed via that - USB, ...

Since the mid 1990s, the Universal Serial Bus has held its own as the industry standard for cable and connection interfaces. The standard is so embedded in our technology that it’s been embraced by a ...

Intel's long-awaited Thunderbolt 4 has now been revealed and its specification detailed. In a press release the company says this next generation of the connectivity standard will deliver "increased ...

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For more than a year Intel has talked about graduating from copper wires to fiber optics for Thunderbolt ports on Apple’s Mac computers, and Sumitomo Electric Industries has became one of the first ...

Intel's high-speed communications technology is pitted against strong incumbent interfaces -- and the nascent PCI Express Cable could provide more competition. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Update: The cable has made its way on to the online US Apple Store and it is indeed US$49. Following yesterday’s Thunderbolt firmware update that brought “performance and stability fixes”, Apple has ...

PC makers Acer and Asustek have joined Apple in announcing support for Intel's Thunderbolt high speed data interconnect, saying they will add the technology to PCs next year. Intel noted the two ...

Intel has announced a new feature for Thunderbolt designed to make life easier for folks with both a laptop and a desktop (or just two different PCs they use frequently). Thunderbolt Share allows two ...