MBA Has 10Gbs thunderbolt?

[waloshin]

A new ultraviolet by Acer is going to have thunderbolt 20 Gbs never knew there was faster.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/08/acer-aspire-a5-ultrabook-announced-ces-2012/

 

[GGJstudios]

Thunderbolt I/O technology gives you two channels on the same connector with 10 Gbps of throughput in both directions.

 

[thundersteele]

Magical I/O port panel
The Aspire S5 is Acer's first Ultrabook to feature a smartly designed MagicFlip I/O port panel concealed just below the hinge. This design feature enhances the overall slenderness and streamlined form of the S5. When needed, a press of the MagicFlip key opens the panel to reveal a selection of I/O ports: HDMI®, USB 3.0 and 20 Gbps Thunderbolt.

Lol @ Marketing

Newly patented technology: Press key to perform action = magic...
Now I fear that my umbrella might infringe on this technology...


Wikipedia says:

Thunderbolt is interoperable with DisplayPort 1.2 compatible devices. When connected to a DisplayPort compatible device the Thunderbolt port can provide a native DisplayPort signal with 4 lanes of output data at no more than 5.4 Gbit/s per lane. When connected to a Thunderbolt device the per-lane data rate becomes 10 Gbit/s and the 4 lanes are configured as 2 channels with each bidirectional 10 Gbit/s channel comprising one lane of input and one lane of output.[3]

So, could it be 20 Gbit/s per direction in thunderbolt mode?

 

[GGJstudios]

So, could it be 20 Gbit/s per direction in thunderbolt mode?

No, as it says:

When connected to a Thunderbolt device the per-lane data rate becomes 10 Gbit/s and the 4 lanes are configured as 2 channels with each bidirectional 10 Gbit/s channel comprising one lane of input and one lane of output.[3]

2 channels (one input, one output) @ 10GBit/s each = 20 Gbit/s

 

[thundersteele]

No, as it says:

2 channels (one input, one output) @ 10GBit/s each = 20 Gbit/s

Oh, right. I misunderstood what wikipedia said... I thought it said 10 GBit/s per lane, but as you highlighted, it's 10 GBit/s per channel.