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Today we have the very first desktop motherboard with Thunderbolt support: MSI's Z77A-GD80.ĭon't expect ubiquitous deployment of Thunderbolt, especially not on desktops, as the Thunderbolt controller and associated components add cost where margins are already very thin. We'll see it on notebooks as well as some desktop motherboards. This year, starting with the launch of Ivy Bridge, Thunderbolt is coming to PCs. Thunderbolt enables the modern day dock for notebooks.įor all of last year, Thunderbolt was an Apple exclusive. By carrying DisplayPort over the same cable, you can have a single cable that both extends functionality and connects your small form factor machine to a larger monitor.
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Decoupling hardware like this allows OEMs to build thinner and/or smaller form factor machines (think Ultrabooks/MacBook Air), while allowing for full functionality when connected to a display. In theory, you could connect a system that had none of these things, and the functionality would be provided exclusively by the display. Take a DisplayPort panel, integrate Gigabit Ethernet, Firewire 800, audio and USB controllers and you've got Apple's Thunderbolt Display.
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That's where the DisplayPort support comes in.Īpple's Thunderbolt Display is the perfect example of what Thunderbolt can be used to do. Thunderbolt acts as a decoupler for PCIe devices, allowing you to put controllers that would traditionally lie inside your system outside of it, or even inside another device like a display.
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In the past, whenever you wanted to add a PCIe device (LAN, audio, high-speed storage, etc.) you needed to physically install that device in your system either via an ExpressCard slot on a notebook or via a PCIe slot on your desktop. Thunderbolt solved this problem for me.Ĭo-developed by Apple and Intel, Thunderbolt is a tunnel that carries both PCIe and DisplayPort traffic to the tune of 20Gbps per channel (10Gbps up and down). With only two drive bays in my notebook (I ditched my optical drive so I could have another SSD, something Brian Klug did back in 2010), there wasn't any room for good, high-performance, mass storage. Quad-core mobile Sandy Bridge and good SSDs made the move simple for me, but Thunderbolt eventually made it near perfect. I finally made the transition to a notebook as my desktop last year, a move many had made years prior. Intel further informed us that MSI's board has not yet made it through the certification process and a lot of these teething issues will hopefully be addressed by then.
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Windows 10 64bit RS5 or above with Thunderbolt 3 port.Update: Intel has informed us that we will see updated drivers for Windows certified Thunderbolt devices that will enable hot plugging under Windows as well as address some of the behavior we've seen. Razer Synapse 3 software not available on macOS Thunderbolt 3 equipped Macs running macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 or laterĬompatible AMD graphics card sold separately
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Please check with your laptop manufacture to confirm if your laptop supports Thunderbolt 3 external graphics Systems require a Thunderbolt 3 port with external graphics support. Laptop Requirements (Laptop not included): Laptop Power Delivery: Up to 100 Watts via USB-C Specifications: Input & Output: Thunderbolt 3 (connection to the system).RAZER External Graphics Enclosure for Thunderbolt 3 Laptops Model Core X - Mercury