Thunderbolt 3 is twice as fast and uses reversible USB-C
Devices with USB Type-C ports will soon be even more useful. Intel today unveiled Thunderbolt 3, which uses an identical port design as its USB brethren. So if you’ve recently bought Apple new’s MacBook, for instance, you shouldn’t need a cumbersome adapter to hook up external hardware via Thunderbolt. It’s a step towards simplifying the often messy sea of ports found on laptops and PCs, and should make the standard accessible to a larger group of people than before. Thunderbolt 3 offers more than just port convenience, however. It’ll also deliver a 40Gbps connection over Thunderbolt, which is double the speed of Thunderbolt 2, as well as 10 Gbps USB 3.1 and DisplayPort 1.2.
With those nippier data speeds, Thunderbolt 3 supports dual 4K 60 Hz displays, in addition to blazingly fast file transfers. Of course, you’ll also be able to use it as a regular USB cable, which will no doubt come in handy for everyday accessories. It won’t be long before the new standard comes into effect either — Intel says the first Thunderbolt 3 products should ship later this year, before wider support and availability arrives in 2016.
Filed under: Peripherals, Intel
Source: Thunderbolt
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