Joseph Tsai, 20 July 2012
Intel plans to release an upgraded version of its Thunderbolt chip
(codenamed Redwood Ridge) in the second quarter of 2013 along with the launch
its Haswell processors. The new Thunderbolt chip supports 10Gbps data rate,
DisplayPort v1.1a as well as DisplayPort v1.2 Redriver.
In 2014, the technology will be further upgraded to Falcon Ridge
with transmission speeds to improve to 20Gbps through two channels.
Current Thunderbolt chips (Cactus Ridge) are still priced at about
US$20 with motherboard and PC players only adopting the technology in their
high-end products.
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