Thunderbolt

So I guess the official branding of Lightpeak is Thunderbolt, even from Intel? And the standard connector (even outside of Apple products) is essentially Mini-Displayport?

Re: Thunderbolt

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Post by _delirium » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:47 PM UTC

Pleasantly surprised that it's backwards-compatible with the mini-DisplayPort. Was expecting another round of buying dongles.

Re: Thunderbolt

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Post by beaumartinez » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:49 PM UTC

Codenamed Light Peak.

Intel's page on Light Peak (not the same as theirs on Thunderbolt): http://techresearch.intel.com/ProjectDetails.aspx?Id=143

Wikipedia has a very informative article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Peak

Re: Thunderbolt

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:49 PM UTC

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Re: Thunderbolt

#8

Post by joebananas » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:49 PM UTC

Kinda cheezy name. Also, the plugs on the Intel site don't look like mini displayport. Is the Apple version proprietary?

Re: Thunderbolt

#9

Post by CrLf » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:54 PM UTC

Technically it seems nice, but what's up with reusing the "high voltage" symbol for this? And "thunderbolt" is a very tacky name...

Re: Thunderbolt

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Post by tvon » Thu, Feb 24, 2011, 2:54 PM UTC

beaumartinez wrote: post #6

Codenamed Light Peak. Intel's page on Light Peak (not the same as theirs on Thunderbolt): http://techresearch.intel.com/ProjectDetails.aspx?Id=143 Wikipedia has a very informative article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Peak

It's not an implementation of Light Peak, it is what Light Peak is now called.