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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;
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Thunderbolt is coming</span><br>
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alt="" height="112" width="112"></a>Be warned,
this post is a little heavier on technical jargon
than our usual posts because it's about an
emerging technology, called Thunderbolt, that you
may want to know about next time you buy new
computers for your library. Thunderbolt has been
available commercially in some Apple products for
about a year now, and at last month's Consumer
Electronics Show (CES), a few devices from other
companies began to appear. Thunderbolt is a
connection technology, like USB, but unlike USB it
can (eventually) use fiber optic connections and
can supposedly support real throughput speeds of
10 Gbps, about 20 times the theoretical top speed
of USB 2.0. At that speed, you could copy a
high-definition movie in about 30 seconds. It can
also support more than one connection at a time.
Thunderbolt is currently still pretty expensive
and is used mostly for high speed transfers
between computers and data storage devices, or
between computers and high-definition monitors.
But as is the case with all new technology, the
price will come down, and you may someday have
patrons asking if your library computers can
connect with their Thunderbolt mobile storage
devices.
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<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ultrabook-thunderbolt-ivy-bridge-usb-3.0-displayport,14527.html">Ultrabooks
will be zapped by Thunderbolt in 2Q12</a>
(Tom's Hardware/Kevin Parrish) "So what's the
big deal with Thunderbolt? We've covered every
aspect of this tech for quite a while, but for
the uninitiated, it allows multiple connections
via one port, supporting both PCI-Express data
transmissions and DisplayPort image/video
transmissions. This will likely open the door to
incredible upgrade options without having to
purchase a new ultrabook or laptop. Paying the
extra price for Thunderbolt will undoubtedly be
worth the money in the long run."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/is-2012-the-year-of-thunderbolt-ces-analysis-6635545">Is
2012 the year of Thunderbolt? CES analysis</a>
(Popular Mechanics/Kyle VanHemert) "For now,
Thunderbolt largely remains the province of
audio/visual professionals - those who need to
move serious amounts of data on and off their
machines every day, and for whom latency is a
serious concern. Is 2012 the year of
Thunderbolt? Not quite."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/thunderbolt-ahead-of-its-time-or-wave-of-the-future/">Thunderbolt:
Ahead of its time or wave of the future?</a>
(Premiumbeat.com/Ashley Kennedy) "Thunderbolt's
technology currently relies on additional
processing chips that must be on an Intel
motherboard, and building in these additional
hardware designs (instead of just a software
upgrade) will take time for manufacturers to
totally redesign and retool their products. And
that sort of hump could certainly prevent both
manufacturers and users from making the jump
right away."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2012/01/will-2012-be-thunderbolts-year-devices-arrive-in-force-at-ces.ars">Will
2012 be Thunderbolt's year? Devices arrive in
force at CES</a> (ArsTechnica/Chris Foresman)
"One vendor told Ars that supply of Thunderbolt
controllers has been constrained somewhat as
Apple was typically first in line to get them,
with certain storage vendors then getting
access, and others in line after that. We know
that next-generation Thunderbolt controllers
should be available around the second quarter of
this year when Ivy Bridge launches, and that
Intel plans an 'official' launch of general
Thunderbolt availability then."</li>
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<p style="text-align: left; font-size: 20px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><small><strong><em>Cable
fact:</em></strong></small><br>
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">Currently
available Thunderbolt cables cost about $50,
mostly because they are "active" cables that have
a silicon chip embedded in the end of the cable to
boost performance.
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