The tech world is about to say goodbye to the old days where people had to wait long to get their files transferred via USB. Now, a more versatile and high-speed connection is about to be introduced. Thunderbolt 3, as the name suggests, is going to be the future of data transfer device.
Thunderbolt 3 hasn’t been a common part of conversations, since it has been limited in supply and quite costly as well. To enjoy all the advantages of the connection, the cost of its accessories need also to be lowered. But these barriers are soon to be removed by Intel. Intel has placed a bid for the connection that will allow it to become a common standard for future devices.
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Blazing fast file transfers
Imagine getting a 4K movie to be transferred to your USB in mere 30 seconds – Thunderbolt 3 is much more capable than that. The port is fast enough to make a file transfer with a peak transfer rate of 40GB/s. This is like 4 times of a normal USB port that can achieve at the most 10 GB/s.
Another ground reality that makes Thunderbolt 3 so wished for is that it uses Type-C standard. This makes it reversible and much easier to handle than normal USB connections.
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Royalty-Free support for manufacturers
Companies who choose to deploy Thunderbolt 3 on their devices won’t be charged any royalty fee. In order to bring the connection to the frontlines, Intel has decided to reduce its price and offer royalty-free support to the manufacturers.
Intel has achieved another important milestone to support Thunderbolt 3 in it’s near to come 7th Generation Core Processors. The idea will empower Intel devices’ ports to support the extra-fast connection by the Thunderbolt 3.
At current, Thunderbolt 3 is supported by almost 120 devices running Intel systems. By the end of 2017, the support for the connection is expected to expand to almost 150 PCs. Most of these systems, like the MacBook pro laptops are said to offer Thunderbolt ports alone.
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A jump to the future
The idea proposed by Intel takes a leap forward to a future of technology – a future with advanced gaming capabilities and a support for augmented reality, all of which rely on huge amounts of data transfers.
Considering Intel’s move to use Thunderbolt 3 in its future processors, who knows it might place the company at an edge against AMD.