Thunderbolt interface rattles placid PC landscape
Rick Merritt, EETimes
3/7/2011 1:07 PM EST
It’s rare that a brand-new technology strikes the maturing computer industry. But that’s what happened a few weeks ago when Apple Inc. announced a family of MacBook Pro notebooks that contain something from Intel called Thunderbolt.
The Apple press release marked the first public use of the name, which hadn’t even appeared in the blogs that had been churning with rumors of an electrical version of the optical Light Peak technology. Intel had been demonstrating a Light Peak prototype since September 2009, but the concept remained little more than a curiosity. Then Thunderbolt emerged full blown in the Apple systems late last month and suddenly became a flashpoint.
To read the full article, click here
Related Semiconductor IP
- 100-10Gbps Ethernet MAC Controller
- SD Card Controller
- AXI4 Memory Controller IP Core
- AXI-Lite I2C Controller Core
- LVDS Transceiver IP core
Related News
- Silicon Integrated Systems Licences ARM Core For PC Logic Applications
- Moto to link Power PC cores to C-5 net processor
- Transmeta announces design win with NEC; chip maker attacking Intel in portable PC market
- LG Electronics sues U.S. PC OEMs, alleging PCI patent infringement
Latest News
- BrainChip Launches AKD1500 Raspberry Pi 5 Kit: Giving Developers a Direct Path from Prototype to Production
- Cadence Joins the Genesis Mission Consortium to Advance AI-Driven Scientific Discovery and Microelectronics Innovation
- Onsemi picks up Codasip’s low-end RISC-V business for $14.5 million
- Semidynamics and Nokia Explore Collaboration to Strengthen Europe’s Sovereign AI Capabilities
- VeriSilicon Introduces GLTiny™ 3D GPU Programming Model for Ultra-Low-Power, Memory-Efficient Wearable Devices