7 posts and columns on Light Peak

Intel’s Thunderbolt Technology Is Coming to Non-Mac PCs

in News on December 27, 2011 at 8:55 am PT

After a year of letting Apple have it all to itself, Intel is bringing its Thunderbolt technology — a.k.a. Light Peak — to PC makers.
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The New MacBook Pros Are Here

in News on February 24, 2011 at 7:10 am PT

The rumor sites were right about one thing–Apple did indeed refresh its MacBook Pro line this morning. But they were wrong about pretty much everything else. The new machines aren’t cast from Liquid Metal. They don’t run on a combination drive that stores their OS on SSD and data on HDD. And they retain the same trackpad, the same aspect-ratio displays. That said, they do feature a number of evolutionary upgrades.

Intel And Apple To Debut Thunderbolt Video and Data Connection Today

in Enterprise on February 24, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Intel will debut a new connection technology for PCs that combines a high-speed data connection and a high-quality video connection into a single cable. Its name: Thunderbolt. And Apple will debut computers using it today.

Intel's Light Peak I/O Due Thursday

in News on February 23, 2011 at 7:15 am PT

It’s been about three years since Intel announced its Light Peak high-speed optical interconnect technology. Now the company appears to be ready to finally ship it–evidently in Apple’s new MacBooks.

MacBook Pro Refresh This Week?

in News on February 22, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Rumors of an impending update to Apple’s MacBook Pro line gained further credence over the long weekend with an innocuous change in the Apple Store.

Intel Announces Frickin’ Chips With Frickin’ Laser Beams

in News on July 27, 2010 at 12:39 pm PT

Intel’s Light Peak high-speed optical cable technology hasn’t even arrived at market yet and already the company has developed a successor that transmits data five times as fast. Dubbed Silicon Photonics Link, it uses chips with integrated hybrid silicon lasers to transfer data over a fiber-optic cable at speeds of 50 gigabits per second. That’s fast enough to download a high definition movie or 100 hours of music in a single second.