USB 3.0 technology has gradually become popular, but as the industry leader, Intel, has not yet come out of the native USB 3.0 program, which makes DIY users really puzzled, in fact, Intel has its own wishful thinking, and has developed the latest transmission interface Light Peak technology. Light Peak technology can transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s, and a single interface can replace the need for different interfaces on PCs today, including USB, ESATA, Ethernet, HDMI, etc. Light Peak can also be backward compatible with USB devices.
Light Peak was shown on the 2010 Beijing IDF Day 0 technology preview day but it was not noticed because it did not release important specifications until US IDF formally announced that Light Peak is ready to use the same USB interface, but it can be replaced by optical fiber. The traditional copper wire is used for data transmission. The longest transmission line can be up to 100 meters long. Now, the two-way synchronization transmission speed is 10 Gb/s. However, with the continuous progress of transmitting and receiving devices, Intel expects to reach 100 Gb/s in the future.
Because LightPeak has high traditional bandwidth and low latency, graphics card vendors have plans to use the LightPeak interface to introduce external graphics products to bring more powerful graphics capabilities to notebooks. However, users can choose to use IGP to improve battery life when they go out.
Originally intended to use fiber optic cable connections, but there have been recent reports that Light Peak technology in the early stages of commercialization will temporarily discard fiber optic cables and switch to traditional copper transmissions. Perhaps considering that Light Peak technology is not particularly fast, copper can be used to meet demand. Another factor is that the cost will be less expensive. It is said that the 10Gbps interface speed promised by Light Peak will not be affected.
It is expected that the first batch of Light Peak-enabled products will be unveiled in the first half of next year, and Apple and Sony will be the vendors most likely to adopt the interface first.
Of course, to achieve such a good function, you need to have the corresponding chip function as support, the following is the Light Peak chip information, it is expected that Intel will use this chip to provide Light Peak high-speed function in the future, instead of through the motherboard. The chipset itself completes, at least not in the chipset.