Intel Details Thunderbolt 4, Launching Later This Year

Intel Details Thunderbolt iv, Launching Subsequently This Year

Posted by on Jul 08, 2022 in News

Intel has shared all the details about the upcoming Thunderbolt 4. The Thunderbolt 4 is expected to be launched later this year and offers a slew of new features. Thunderbolt is an interconnect technology jointly developed by Intel and Apple.

Thunderbolt iv volition not be any faster than the Thunderbolt iii, as the maximum speed remains 40Gb/s. However, the Thunderbolt iv offers new features including universal cables for up to 2M long, support for docks with upward to four Thunderbolt 4 ports (iii downstream), and PC charging on one computer port. It besides supports 32Gb/south for PCIe connections as opposed to 16Gb/s on Thunderbolt iii. Lastly, Thunderbolt 4 will support USB iv equally both make use of USB-C cable standards.

Thunderbolt 4 specifications include

Double the minimum video and data requirements of Thunderbolt 3.
Video: Support for ii 4K displays or one 8K brandish.
Information: PCIe at 32 Gbps for storage speeds up to iii,000 MBps.
Support for docks with up to four Thunderbolt 4 ports.
PC charging on at least one computer port2.
Wake your estimator from sleep past touching the keyboard or mouse when connected to a Thunderbolt dock.
Required Intel VT-d-based direct memory access (DMA) protection that helps prevent concrete DMA attacks. (Read more in the Thunderbolt Security Brief.)

Intel'southward Tiger Lake processors will be the first ones to support Thunderbolt four. Furthermore, Thunderbolt iv Ports are backward compatible with USB four, Thunderbolt 3, and a majority of other USB standards. Intel volition open up upwardly orders for Thunderbolt 4 controllers for manufacturers afterwards this yr. Perhaps new Macs volition commencement supporting Thunderbolt 4. That said, nosotros are not sure how Apple will handle Thunderbolt compatibility once it transitions to Apple Silicon on Mac'due south.

[via Intel]