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Author:  pcernie [ Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:22 am ]
Post subject:  Apple "pushed Intel" to replace USB with Light Peak
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/351967/appl ... light-peak
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple "pushed Intel" to replace USB with Light Peak
I think that this is good. You could have decent home wired networks. I guess that Apple would benefit as well, if they could produce a MacBook Air with a single Light Peak port which would be as functional as any MacBook Pro with such a connection.
Author:  Linux_User [ Mon Sep 28, 2009 4:37 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple "pushed Intel" to replace USB with Light Peak
ONE port? Are you serious?
Author:  JJW009 [ Mon Sep 28, 2009 5:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple "pushed Intel" to replace USB with Light Peak
Linux_User wrote:
ONE port? Are you serious?

You only need one. From Wiki:

Quote:
Light Peak has the following characteristics:

* 10 Gb/s over optical cable (up to 100 metre in length)
* Connect to multiple devices at the same time
* Multiple protocols
* Bi-Directional transfer
* Quality of service implementation
* Hot pluggable
* Intel is working on bundling the optical fiber with copper wire so Light Peak can be used to power devices.


No idea how the plugs work, but I guess maybe you'd use a hub. That's quite a lot of bandwidth, and they're already talking about upping it to 100Gb/s.
Author:  Linux_User [ Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple "pushed Intel" to replace USB with Light Peak
JJW009 wrote:
Linux_User wrote:
ONE port? Are you serious?

You only need one. From Wiki:

Quote:
Light Peak has the following characteristics:

* 10 Gb/s over optical cable (up to 100 metre in length)
* Connect to multiple devices at the same time
* Multiple protocols
* Bi-Directional transfer
* Quality of service implementation
* Hot pluggable
* Intel is working on bundling the optical fiber with copper wire so Light Peak can be used to power devices.


No idea how the plugs work, but I guess maybe you'd use a hub. That's quite a lot of bandwidth, and they're already talking about upping it to 100Gb/s.


Ooo er. ;)
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:51 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple "pushed Intel" to replace USB with Light Peak
Mind you, one port and if that goes US, what then? I'm hoping on a 2 port minimum for most machines.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple "pushed Intel" to replace USB with Light Peak
ProfessorF wrote:
Mind you, one port and if that goes US, what then? I'm hoping on a 2 port minimum for most machines.

I would prefer two as well, but for something like the MacBook Air which only has one port anyway it would be very useful. Especially since it can be a good for large file transfers.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Apple "pushed Intel" to replace USB with Light Peak
USB will be here for years to come.
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