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Thunderbolt
Intel's high-speed peripheral interface that tunnels PCIe and DisplayPort over a single cable, reaching 40 Gbps in version 3 and 4 and 80 to 120 Gbps in Thunderbolt 5, using the USB-C connector since version 3.
- Also known as
- TBT, Thunderbolt 5
- Type
- Technology
- Domain
- Interfaces & SerDes, Peripheral and embedded bus
Notes
Intel contributed the Thunderbolt 3 protocol to the USB Implementers Forum, which became the basis of USB4.
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