Intel Thunderbolt Technology ya zama 10 wannan shekara, tun da farko a kan Apple's 2011 MacBook Pro kuma ma hakan ya yi nisa da samun nasarar da kamfanin ya yi tsammani, Tsawa a bayyane yake har yanzu an tanada shi don kasuwar kasuwa a yau.
Koyaya, a bikin cika shekaru goma na fasaha, Intel na ɗaukar sabon tsari wanda zai baka damar bude Thunderbolt ga sauran masu sauraro, kamar yadda Intel ta hada Thunderbolt kai tsaye a cikin sabbin wayoyin zamani masu sarrafa Core, wadanda ake wa laƙabi da Tiger Lake, don haka kawar da ƙarin kuɗin da masana'antun PC ke biya don samunta.
Ga waɗanda ba su san Thunderbolt ba, ya kamata ku sani cewa wannan nau'in haɗi ne mai sauri ga PC, wanda aikinsa ya fara a 2007, bisa ga tunanin Intel's Light Peak.
Da farko Apple ya yi rijistar alamar kasuwanci ta Thunderbolt, kafin ya wuce wa Intel. An fara amfani da fasahar ne a cikin MacBook Pro a cikin watan Fabrairun 2011 ta hanyar tashar jirgin ruwa bisa karamin DisplayPort wanda ke da tashoshi biyu tare da zangon bandwidth na 10 Gb / s kowane, yana ba da damar har zuwa na'urori shida da za a haɗa su cikin sarkar.
Intel ta yi tsammanin Thunderbolt ya zama kayan aikin yau da kullun ga masu amfani da kwamfuta, amma ba haka bane.
Don fitar da tallafi na wannan fasaha, Intel ta haɗa Thunderbolt cikin na karshe Masu sarrafa Tiger Lake, wanda ke nufin masana'antun komputa za su iya samun Thunderbolt ba tare da sun biya ƙarin don kwakwalwan kwakwalwan ba. Tare da kwakwalwan Intel a cikin amfani mai yawa, kamfanin Santa Clara ya ce fasahar Thunderbolt yanzu za ta kasance da kyau.
A zahiri, ga yawancin mutane, na'urorin USB suna aiki, amma masu amfani "da gaske" suna buƙatar kyakkyawan aiki da aminci, wani abu da USB ba zai samar dashi ba.
Kuma amfanin Thunderbolt zai zama mafi mahimmanci fiye da kowane lokaciKamar yadda masana'antar kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka ke ba da ƙananan kwamfutoci tare da ƙananan tashar jiragen ruwa. Ya danganta da bayanai dalla-dalla, tashoshin Thunderbolt suna ba da haɗin kai da sauri don na'urori masu ajiya na waje, masu sa ido, adaftan cibiyar sadarwa, da ƙari, ƙari kuma za su iya maye gurbin mashigai don HDMI, DisplayPort, Ethernet, da iko.
Alal misali, ana tsammanin sabon Thunderbolt 4, wanda aka sanar a CES 2020, ba da izini cewa tashoshin tashoshi da cibiyoyin jigilar kaya da yawa tashar jiragen ruwa uku uku maimakon guda daya.
Intel ya dogara da dukkan abubuwan da yake dasu, da kuma abubuwan da take hangowa, don cewa Thunderbolt zaiyi nasara akan USB a wannan shekarun.
"Ina tsammanin nan da shekarar 2022, Thunderbolt zai kasance a sama da kashi 50% na kwamfutocin da aka siyar," in ji Jason Ziller, wanda ke jagorantar kayayyakin haɗin Intel, ya ƙara da cewa fiye da rabin kwamfyutocin kwamfyutocin da za a gabatar a shekara mai zuwa fasaha.
Saboda wannan, manazarta sun yi hasashen cewa Thunderbolt na da damar yaɗuwa sosai a cikin 2022. Wannan zai faru ne musamman lokacin da kwakwalwan Alder Lake na kwakwalwan kwamfuta, wanda zai gaji magajin Tiger Lake, aka haɗa su cikin manyan kwamfutocin PC waɗanda a yau ba sa amfani da na'urori masu sarrafa Thunderbolt. Hakanan Thunderbolt wani ɓangare ne na kamfanin "Evo" na Intel don haɓaka manyan kwamfutocin tafi-da-gidanka waɗanda Intel ke ɗauka da ƙarfi kuma masu dacewa da rayuwar batir mai kyau. Haɗuwa da waɗannan abubuwan biyu zasu taimaka Thunderbolt ya bunƙasa a cikin duniyar da USB ke mamaye.
Hakanan, yana da mahimmanci a lura da hakan Thunderbolt ya kasance da sauri fiye da USB akan canja wurin bayanai, amma USB yana ɗaukakawa a hankali. Sabuwar sigar USB, USB 4, kodayake samfuran samfuran ya zuwa yanzu, na iya dacewa da Thunderbolt's 40 Gb / s.
Duk da haka, Ana sa ran Thunderbolt ya kasance da sauri a cikin fitowar ta gaba, wanda zai iya ba shi sabuwar fa'idar saurin sauri babban, aminci da sauran damar. Idan matsakaicin bandwidth na Thunderbolt 4 shine 40 Gb / s, injiniyoyin Intel sunyi kiyasin cewa Thunderbolt 5 zai iya kaiwa 80 Gb / s.
"A yau bandwidth din mu na bas din bayanai a cikin Thunderbolt 4 ya yi daidai da aikin PCIe Gen 3 × 4, kuma ga wasu aikace-aikacen ajiyarmu muna ganin cewa saurin adanawa a cikin wannan nau'in fom din ya riga ya ninka."