Intel's Thunderbolt Technology in Action

Data connection is once again re-engineered by Intel to give us more speed in data transfer. This is the next generation of USB. Thunderbolt is twice the speed of USB 3.0. What's great about Thunderbolt is that aside from Data Transfer, it can also be used for display connections.


Below is the description of Thunderbolt from Intel website

The fastest connection to your PC

Transforming device interconnectivity, Thunderbolt™ technology is a dual protocol I/O innovation that dramatically increases transfer performance with bi-directional 10 Gbps speed, and offers daisy chaining to multiple devices, providing flexibility and simplicity for innovative, thin system designs like laptops and Ultrabooks™.

Rethink I/O transfer

Enhancing performance with innovative design, Thunderbolt technology combines PCI Express* and DisplayPort I/O protocols onto a single highly-efficient metaprotocol. Single cable transmission along with traffic routing management (supporting daisy chains and hot-plugging devices) and intelligent hardware controllers like PCIe* deliver off-the-shelf connectivity to nearly any technology imaginable. And DisplayPort meets industry needs by supporting multiple HD displays and up to eight channels of HD audio.

Credits to Channelintel, who uploaded the video.

Intel Thunderbolt website: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/io/thunderbolt/thunderbolt-technology-developer.html