Powerful technology from a powerful collaboration.

Thunderbolt began at Intel Labs with a simple concept: create an incredibly fast input/output technology that just about anything can plug into. After close technical collaboration between Intel and Apple, Thunderbolt emerged from the lab to make its first appearance in MacBook Pro.

Intel co-invented USB and PCI Express, which have become widely adopted technologies for data transfer. Apple invented FireWire and was instrumental in popularising USB. Their collective experience has made Thunderbolt the most powerful, most flexible I/O technology ever in a personal computer.

Apple har presenterat sina nya Macbook Pros och den stora nyheten är gränssnittet Thunderbolt som är 20x snabbare än USB 2. Via en Thunderbolt port kan man koppla en skärm så väl som ljudkort eller hårddisk.