The name of Thunderbolt technology already familiar to those of you who love and follow the development of technology from Apple. This interface has been installed on the Macbook Pro series of products. Thunderbolt is the input output interface technology developed by Apple that work with Intel. This interface found on the MacBook Pro has the same form with the Mini Display Port and also it is implemented in Thunderbolt External Hard Drive.
Thunderbolt interface has a data transfer rate higher than the previous interface. Apple’s super-fast interface that was once the Firewire. Later this interface was replaced by a Thunderbolt interface. In the process of data transfer, this interface can have speeds up to 30 Gbps, while the third USB interface can only reach speeds of 5Gbps. So at this speed, Thunderbolt interface is suitable for data transfer to / from hard disk - Thunderbolt External Hard Drive - or to the display.
This interface is a mix of technology and PCI Express USB 3 which is developed by Intel and FireWire developed by Apple to produce new and better interfaces and flexible.
This technology is going to make computer users become more comfortable again, especially those who are always working with large files such as video editing or file transfer to the server due to this very large field. The makers of hard disk also has implemented this technology in the product to obtain the data transfer speed is very fast such as for Thunderbolt External Hard Drive.
Some features of the Thunderbolt interface is as follows:
- port 10Gbps dual channel
- Bi-directional interface
- Dual protocol is PCI Express and DisplayPort
- Display port compatible with the existing
- Can use electrical or optical cable
- Very high accuracy with low latency
- Software drivers are common
- Power is already included in the interface
Thunderbolt External Hard Drive choices:
