Thunderbolt 2 Gen can transfer 4K video and files simultaneously, coming in 2014

Intel has been announcing one new product after another in recent days, and after introducing the new, now fourth generation of Intel Core processors called Haswell, we also got to see a new generation of Thunderbolt.onecodenamed Falcon Ridge. Although the company introduced the new product in April, today it has brought new information and a more detailed description of what awaits us in the future, as it is very likely that the main customer of the second generation Thunderbolt ports will be, as in the case of the first generation, again Apple and his Mac computers.

Thunderbolt Falcon Ridge, or Thunderbolt 2nd generation, supports up to 20Gb/s bidirectional transfer. The new version also supports DisplayPort 1.2 and 4K video transfer. If we are talking about 4K resolution, then Thunderbolt 2nd generation will allow the transfer of 4K video and file transfer at the same time, which is already a really big boost for data flows. Intel achieved this by combining two independent channels with a speed of 10Gb/s. These are currently used in Thunderbolt toonewhich, but only individually. The addition of DisplayPort 1.2 support will allow not only the transmission of 4K video, but also the transmission of Full HD video to up to four displays simultaneously.

Thunderbolt 2nd generation technology is backward compatible with both existing hardware and cables, so owners of current machines can use it, but of course with the speed limitations that apply to the current generation of Thunderbolt ports. In this year's generation of computers MacBook We won't see the new product yet, as Intel plans to start production before the end of this year, with main production starting in 2014. It is very likely that computers will be the Apple Macs will be among the first machines to get 2014nd generation Thunderbolt ports in 2. It is precisely these ports that are expected especially in the case of displays Apple Thunderbolt Display Retina, which are currently limited by the transmission speed and Apple he couldn't imagine them like that until now.