A Seminar on

THUNDERBOLTTECHNOLOGY

BY:

MUKESH KUMAR SONI 0912231063

Contents

Introduction to How It works Architecture How it functions Benefits

INTRODUCTION

Thunderbolt (previously called Light Peak) technology is a new emerging  technology for interfacing peripheral devices

to a computer via an expansion bus .

Developed by INTEL with cooperation from APPLE

WHY THUNDERBOLT ????• The Thunderbolt technology can transfer data at

the rate of 10Gbps (compared to USB 2.0 – 480Mbps and USB 3.0 – 5 Gbps).

• Designed with video and audio applications in mind with inherently Low latency with highly accurate time synchronization.

• Concurrently support Dual-protocol (PCI Express and Display Port) on single wire and native protocol drivers.

• Single connector for multiple High performance devices.

How Thunderbolt technology works

Intel Thunderbolt controller chips interconnect a PC and other devices, transmitting and receiving information for both PCI Express and DisplayPort protocols and Serial Data Interface. The Thunderbolt controller chip switches between the two protocols to support communications over a single cable.

Cont.…

Architecture of Thunderbolt

Working Continued….• Daisy chaining in thunderbolt-Support upto 7 devices with a max of 2 HD Display ports

Device 2

Device 6

Device 5

Device 4

Device 3

Controlling Device

(Mac)

Device 7

Device 1

Thunderbolt IC

Thunderbolt

controller

Thunderbolt

connector

1. Maximum Length 3 meters.2. Might use electrical or optical cable.3. Maximum Power 10 watt (electrical only).4. Support DAISY CHAINING upto 7 devices.5. Protocol : PCIExpress and DisplayPort v 1.1a6. All Thunderbolt devices use the same

connector (unlike USB technology that uses a male – female type of connection), so you can connect one device to another with inter operable cables. You just need one Thunderbolt port to chain them all.

Specifications-

Benefits of Thunderbolt

1. Users will get  fast transfer speed that comes with Thunderbolt.

2. Users can play in TB instead of MB,GB & take any type of backup within second, or even do  faster  video editing.

3. The size of  PC will decrease, because thunderbolt can replace traditional PCI Card Slot user don’t  need dedicated slots for graphic card, sound card, Hard Drive or even a Gigabit ethernet card. All these hardware will  exist as external devices and hook up via the Thunderbolt port in feature.

4. Each Thunderbolt port also provides up to 10 Watts of power to connected peripherals.

5. Backward compatiblity to DisplayPort and PCIExpress.

Performance Analysis And Comparison

Cont…

References:

• www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/index.htm• www.macworld.com/.../thunderbolt_what_you_need_to_know.html• www.apple.com/thunderbolt/• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbolt_(interface)

Thank You !