Beyond Thunderbolt and USB 3.0

What will we connect our kit with in the future? Intel’s Light Peak promised fibre-optic, 100Gbps connections. For now, though, it’s copper and 10Gbps. The Thunderbolt connections in new MacBook Pros are impressive, but they could have been even better: Thunderbolt is Intel’s Light Peak technology, which was supposed to use fibre-optic wiring. For now, though, it’s plain old copper. In the longer term, Light Peak...

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