The speed is great, but the technology behind Light Peak involves multiple wires that allow for full-duplex transfer at maximum speeds each way as well as up to a theoretical 100Gbps transfer rate.
The best part about Light Peak? The goal is to eventually have it replace a majority of cables, ports, buses, etc. That means no more LPT (do we still use these?), USB, HDMI, DVI, SATA, or IDE ports/cables, among many others; every single device attached to or inside of your computer would ideally use the same cables and have the same ports and that indirectly leads to all household electronics eventually using the technology as well. If anyone could standardize something so revolutionary, it would be Intel.
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The speed is great, but the technology behind Light Peak involves multiple wires that allow for full-duplex transfer at maximum speeds each way as well as up to a theoretical 100Gbps transfer rate.
The best part about Light Peak? The goal is to eventually have it replace a majority of cables, ports, buses, etc. That means no more LPT (do we still use these?), USB, HDMI, DVI, SATA, or IDE ports/cables, among many others; every single device attached to or inside of your computer would ideally use the same cables and have the same ports and that indirectly leads to all household electronics eventually using the technology as well. If anyone could standardize something so revolutionary, it would be Intel.