1. WELCOME

2. Thunderbolt™ Technology
Presented By
Nikhil K

3. 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

4. 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

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

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

7. 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

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

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

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

11. THUNDERBOLT CONNECTION (DAISY CHAIN)

12. 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

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

14. PROTOCOL ARCHITECTURE(cont.)

15. 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

16. CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE(cont.)

17. WORKING

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

19. THUNDERBOLT 3

20. THUNDERBOLT 3(cont.)

21. THUNDERBOLT 3(cont.)

22. THUNDERBOLT 3(cont.)

23. THUNDERBOLT 3(cont.)

24. EXTERNAL GRAPHICS

25. NETWORKING

26. THUNDERBOLT Vs EXISTING I/O INTERFACES

27. TECHNOLOGY BENIFITS

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

29. THANK YOU