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Intel Thunderbolt developer kits will roll out this quarter

By | April 13, 2011, 6:08am PDT

Summary: If you’re a developer and excited about Intel’s new Thunderbolt technology, good news. The development kits will be available shortly.

If you’re a developer and excited about Intel’s new Thunderbolt technology, good news. The development kits will be available shortly.

According to IDG News, those kits will be released at some point during this quarter. Again, Thunderbolt will only be available in the new MacBook Pro line at first, but these kits could help “accelerate the release of products to market” from other parties. For instance, LaCie has already announced plans for a new Little Big Disk model running with Thunderbolt onboard.

In case you’re not familiar with Thunderbolt, it really is (supposed to be) lightning fast technology that incorporates fewer wires. (Who doesn’t love that already?) Unveiled in February, Thunderbolt runs at 10Gbps in each direction, and it is boasted to be able to transfer a full-length HD movie in less than 30 seconds.

For a closer look at Intel’s Thunderbolt technology and how it works, take a look at the promo clip below:

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***Thunderbolt Developer Kit Wanted***
JpeacefulwArrior Updated - 6th Sep
*****Thunderbolt Development Kit Wanted*****
Top dollar paid. We need a Thunderbolt development kit ASAP. Please contact John at jpeacefulwarrior@hotmail.com
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RE: Intel Thunderbolt developer kits will roll out this quarter
bicycle repair man 13th Apr 2011
It's already obsolete, eSATA has been available on all platforms for a while now.
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But it is dead slow comparing to Intel/Apple Thunderbolt
DeRSSS 13th Apr 2011
@bicycle repair man: which provides up 40 Gbit/s data flow (10 + 10 in one direction, and 10 + 10 in opposite direction).
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RE: Intel Thunderbolt developer kits will roll out this quarter
Rick_K 13th Apr 2011
@denisrs Apple is not counting the speed like Intel did with USB 2. This is why it is labeled as 10 GB bidirectional. So you have dual channel, bi directional speed. I maybe wrong, but can eSATA transfer Data at over 600 MB/s I thought it topped out at a lower speed.
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RE: Intel Thunderbolt developer kits will roll out this quarter
Champ_Kind 13th Apr 2011
@bicycle repair man eSATA only supports 6 Gbit/sec unidirectionally, per cable, in theory - even the fastest RAID arrays have problems hitting 5 Gbit/sec. Thunderbolt, in theory, supports 20 Gbit/sec bidirectionally. I believe when devices hit the marketplace, we'll be seeing performance numbers between 15 and 19.

eSATA is dead. Firewire is dead. Long live Thunderbolt, which will only get faster as the PCI express technology continues it's rapid development.
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***Thunderbolt Developer Kit Wanted***
JpeacefulwArrior Updated - 6th Sep
*****Thunderbolt Development Kit Wanted*****
Top dollar paid. We need a Thunderbolt development kit ASAP. Please contact John at jpeacefulwarrior@hotmail.com

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