Apple to Introduce Light Peak (High Speed Connection Technology) Soon?

[639me]

as i see it, there are two equally strong reasons for LP:

LP for speed! (MBPs, MPs, video gear, external SSD raids etc)
LP for ease/interconnectivity! (iPads, MBAs, CinemaDisplays etc).
either could use USB type or MagSafe-like connector

neither rule eachother out!


side note: if magsafe could be gay (or could we say 69?), it would be perfect!

 

[Thunderhawks]

Which one is "front"? Left or Right? How should I remember? What if there's very dim light and the logo isn't carved, but painted?

and the paint rubbed off.....

Then the world as we know it will come to an end!

 

[KingYaba]

iPeak?

I think they should forgo the "i" and simply call it Light Peak. It's not a complicated name and it's easily remembered. I can already see the commercials for the new Macbook Pros...

 

[Glideslope]

I think they should forgo the "i" and simply call it Light Peak. It's not a complicated name and it's easily remembered. I can already see the commercials for the new Macbook Pros...

It's going to be "Fire Light".

 

[iCrizzo]

Oh great.. another $50 cable I will need to buy!

 

[Axemantitan]

Which one is "front"?

Look inside the connector. You will see that it is asymmetrical on the inside. There is a piece of plastic with copper connectors sitting on it and a large open area inside the connector above it. That open area is near the front.

Left or Right?

I don't know what you mean by this.

How should I remember? What if there's very dim light and the logo isn't carved, but painted?

Get a better light.

 

[iEdd]

Oh great.. another $50 cable I will need to buy!

Not sure you know what 'need' means.

Anyway, I'll give Intel a call for you later and see if we can cancel development so you're not tempted to waste money on technology.

 

[JesterJJZ]

6 pin Firewire has always been my favorite connector. It just has a certain charm about it.

 

[Mailia]

I think they should forgo the "i" and simply call it Light Peak. It's not a complicated name and it's easily remembered. I can already see the commercials for the new Macbook Pros...

Agreed. Light Peak sounds like an Apple name.

 

[mdgm]

Thunderbolt is the name Light Peak has got apparently: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1101001/

 

[bpmacme]

LightPeak/Thunderbolt bit rate

Maybe I missed it, but does anyone know the data rate on LightPeak or Thunderbolt? I was only curious, because if say MiniDisplayPort were to be used for data, it could handle 17Gbits/s or just over 2GB/s, which seems pretty respectable to me. Info, Ideas?

 

[Why??????]

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Looks like I'm upgrading soon =D

Edit: what are the transfer speeds like with lightpeak?

10 Gbps. But there's a revision that pushes it to 20 Gbps.