I-Intel Thunderbolt Technology iguqula i-10 kulo nyaka, ngiqale ukubonakala kwi-Apple's MacBook Pro ka-2011 futhi ngisho nokude kakhulu nokufinyelela empumelelweni inkampani ebiyilindele, Ukuduma Kwezulu kusobala ukuthi isabekelwe imakethe ye-niche namuhla.
Kodwa-ke, eminyakeni eyishumi yobuchwepheshe, I-Intel ithatha indlela entsha okufanele ikuvumele uvulele iThunderbolt kuzithameli ezibanzi, njengoba i-Intel ihlanganise iThunderbolt ngqo kwisizukulwane sayo samaprosesa ama-mobile Core, abizwa ngeTiger Lake, ngaleyo ndlela kuqeda intela ekhokhwa ngabakhiqizi be-PC ukuyithola.
Kulabo abangajwayelene neThunderbolt, kufanele wazi ukuthi lolu uhlobo lokuxhuma olusheshayo lwe-PC, umsebenzi wayo owaqala ngo-2007, ngokususelwa kumqondo we-Intel's Light Peak.
I-Apple ngabe iqale yabhalisa uphawu lokuhweba lweThunderbolt, ngaphambi kokukudlulisela ku-Intel. Ubuchwepheshe buqale ukusetshenziswa eMacBook Pro ngoFebhuwari 2011 ngetheku elisuselwa kwi-mini DisplayPort eyayineziteshi ezimbili nge-bandwidth ye-10 Gb / s ngayinye, ivumela amadivayisi afinyelela kwayisithupha ukuthi axhumeke ngochungechunge.
I-Intel ilindele ukuthi iThunderbolt ibe ithuluzi lansuku zonke kubasebenzisi bekhompyutha, kepha bekungeyona.
Ukuqhuba ukwamukelwa kwalobu buchwepheshe, i-Intel ifake i-Thunderbolt ku owakhe wokugcina Amaprosesa aseTiger Lake, okusho ukuthi abakhiqizi bekhompyutha bangathola iThunderbolt ngaphandle kokukhokha imali ethe xaxa ukuthola ama-chip control. Njengoba ama-Intel chips esetshenziswa kabanzi, inkampani yaseSanta Clara ithi ubuchwepheshe beThunderbolt manje buzoba nenhlanhla.
Eqinisweni, kubantu abaningi, amadivayisi e-USB ayasebenza, kepha abasebenzisi "abanohlonze" badinga ukusebenza kahle nokwethembeka, into i-USB engeke ikunikeze.
Futhi ukusizakala kweThunderbolt kuzobaluleke kakhulu kunanini ngaphambiliNjengoba abakhiqizi be-laptop abaningi behlinzeka ngamakhompyutha amancane nezimbobo ezimbalwa. Ngokuya ngemininingwane, amachweba weThunderbolt ahlinzeka ukuxhumana okusheshayo nokuguquguqukayo kumadivayisi wesitoreji sangaphandle, ama-monitors, ama-adaptha wenethiwekhi, nokuningi, futhi angabuyisela amachweba we-HDMI, i-DisplayPort, i-Ethernet namandla.
Isibonelo, kulindelwe iThunderbolt 4 entsha, kumenyezelwe ku-CES 2020, vumela iziteshi zokumisa amadokodo nezindawo zokuphindaphinda ezinikezwayo amachweba amathathu oThunderbolt esikhundleni selilodwa nje.
I-Intel ithembele kuzo zonke izici zayo, kanye nezinto ezintsha ezizibukayo, ukusho ukuthi iThunderbolt izobusa ngaphezulu kwe-USB kule minyaka eyishumi.
"Ngilindele ukuthi ngo-2022, iThunderbolt izobe isibakhona kuma-PC angaphezu kuka-50% asethengisiwe," kusho uJason Ziller, ohola imikhiqizo yokuxhuma ye-Intel, wengeza ngokuthi ngaphezu kwesigamu sama-laptops azohanjiswa ngonyaka ozayo "Ngokuqinisekile" letha ubuchwepheshe.
Ngenxa yalokhu, abahlaziyi babikezela ukuthi iThunderbolt inamandla okusabalalisa kabanzi ngo-2022. Lokhu kuzokwenzeka ikakhulukazi lapho ukukhiqizwa kwamachipsi e-Alder Lake, owalandela iTiger Lake, kuhlanganiswa kuma-PC wombhoshongo namuhla angasebenzisi amaprosesa afakwe i-Thunderbolt. I-Thunderbolt futhi iyingxenye yomkhiqizo we-Intel "Evo" ukukhuthaza ama-laptops asezingeni eliphezulu i-Intel ewathatha njengamandla futhi aphendule ngempilo enhle yebhethri. Ukuhlanganiswa kwalezi zinto ezimbili kungasiza iThunderbolt ukuthi ichume emhlabeni lapho i-USB ibusa khona.
Futhi, kubalulekile ukuqaphela lokho I-Thunderbolt yake yashesha kakhulu kune-USB ekudlulisweni kwedatha, kepha i-USB ibuyekeza kancane kancane. Uhlobo olusha lwe-USB, i-USB 4, yize ingajwayelekile emikhiqizweni kuze kube manje, ingafanisa ne-Thunderbolt's 40 Gb / s.
Nokho, I-Thunderbolt kulindeleke ukuthi isheshe ekukhishweni okuzayo, okungayinikeza inzuzo entsha yejubane okwedlulele, ukuthembeka namanye amakhono. Uma umkhawulokudonsa omkhulu weThunderbolt 4 ingama-40 Gb / s, onjiniyela be-Intel balinganisela ukuthi iThunderbolt 5 ingafinyelela kuma-80 Gb / s.
"Namuhla umkhawulokudonsa wethu webhasi wedatha kuThunderbolt 4 uhambelana nokusebenza kwePCIe Gen 3 × 4, futhi kwezinye zezicelo zethu zokugcina siyabona ukuthi isivinini sokugcina kulolu hlobo lwefomu sesivele saphindeka kabili."