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Thunderbolt™ Technology Presented By Nikhil K

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES HISTORY KEY FEATURES TECHNOLOGY BASICS THUNDERBOLT CONNECTION GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE WORKING THUNDERBOLT 2 THUNDERBOLT 3 THUNDERBOLT Vs EXISTING I/O DEVICES TECHNOLOGY BENIFITS CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION High speed, Long distance, Dual protocol I/O interface PCI Express and DisplayPort through a single connection Developed by Intel and Apple First used in Apple MacBook Pro laptops

OBJECTIVES Create an incredibly fast I/O technology Set new standards for speed, flexibility, and simplicity Reduce proliferation of ports

HISTORY Developed at Intel Labs Codenamed Light Peak Released February 24th, 2011 - First used on Apple MacBook laptops

KEY FEATURES • Data & Video on single cable • Dual-channel 10Gbps per port (Now 40Gbps) • Data & Video on single cable • Daisy chain up to six devices • Compatible with existing DisplayPort devices • Power over cable for bus-powered devices

TECHNOLOGY BASICS PCI Express and DisplayPort through a single connection made available to external devices.

PCI EXPRESS AND DISPLAY PORT PCI-EXPRESS SLOTS PCI-EXPRESS CARDS DIFFERENT GRAPHICS PORTS DISPLAY PORT AND CONNECTOR

Thunderbolt V1/V2 Copper cable CONNECTORS AND CABLES Thunderbolt V1/V2 Copper cable Thunderbolt 3 Copper cable Thunderbolt optical cable

THUNDERBOLT CONNECTION (DAISY CHAIN)

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Length Maximums: 3 metres (9.8 ft) (copper) 60 metres (200 ft) (optical) Width 7.4 mm male (8.3 mm female) Height 4.5 mm male (5.4 mm female) Hot pluggable Yes Daisy chain Yes, up to 6 devices External Audio signal Via DisplayPort protocol or USB-based external audio cards. Supports audio through HDMI adapters. Video signal Via DisplayPort protocol Pins • Thunderbolt v1 & v2: 20 • Thunderbolt v3: 24 Connector • Thunderbolt v1 & v2: Mini DisplayPort • Thunderbolt v3: USB Type-C

PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE The Thunderbolt protocol architecture can be abstracted into four layers

PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE(cont.)

CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE A Thunderbolt controller contains:   A high-performance, cross-bar Thunderbolt protocol switch One or more Thunderbolt ports One or more DisplayPort protocol adapter ports A PCI Express switch with one or more PCI Express protocol adapter port  

CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE(cont.)

WORKING

THUNDERBOLT 2 Able to transfer a 4K video while simultaneously displaying it on a discrete monitor Incorporates DisplayPort 1.2 support Backward compatible

THUNDERBOLT 3

THUNDERBOLT 3(cont.)

THUNDERBOLT 3(cont.)

THUNDERBOLT 3(cont.)

THUNDERBOLT 3(cont.)

EXTERNAL GRAPHICS

NETWORKING

THUNDERBOLT Vs EXISTING I/O INTERFACES

TECHNOLOGY BENIFITS

CONCLUSION Thunderbolt Technology is a new high-speed, dual- protocol interconnect from Intel Delivers performance, simplicity and flexibility Available to the industry

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