Intel's 50Gbps Thunderbolt Successor by 2015
Intel is already working on a Thunderbolt successor.
Intel is reportedly working on a new interconnect technology capable of pushing data between computers five times faster than its just-launched Thunderbolt technology. Slated to arrive in 2015, it will be based on silicon photonics which combines silicon components and optical networking.
Wednesday during a press event in New York, Jeff Demain, strategy director of circuits and system research at Intel Labs, said the new tech will provide speeds of up to 50 gigabits per second over distances of up to 100 meters, whether it's a connection between PCs or between external drives, smartphones and tablets.
He also indicated that the new tech will also cost less to build because the components will be created using existing silicon manufacturing techniques. "We have to use the silicon manufacturing technologies we know," Demain said. "That's what the promise of the technology is. It is based on a silicon foundation."
Furthermore, Intel expects the new tech to help propel the successors of 1080p into consumer living rooms. As it stands now, image resolutions are slated to quadruple by the middle of the year, requiring a larger pipeline to push the massive loads of video data from set-top boxes and other devices to HDTVs. 50 gigabits per second should handle that kind of virtual haul.
During the presentation, Demain showed mock-up cables that will supposedly carry the data. Based on the current design, these will actually be thinner than cables currently used for USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt. The new tech will also follow Thunderbolt's lead and support both DisplayPort and PCI-Express protocols as well as other unnamed protocols.
After showcasing the cables, Demain also revealed working prototypes of the silicon chips that will be used to transmit and send the laser signals. These chips will eventually be merged together and reduced in size to fit within smartphones and tablets.
As Thunderbolt exists with USB, the new tech should exist side-by-side with Thunderbolt in some devices. "We see them as complementary. It's the evolution of these connectors and protocols as they move forward," Demain said. "Thunderbolt is more than a cable. It's a router chip that aggregates DisplayPort and PCI-Express."

Which tv's are going to have a resolution of ~5800x3300 by mid of the year?
My ISP Connection:
6 mbps
This Technology:
50,000 mbps
I guess I just fail to see the need for this technology.
OK, so you've got a new 4320p HDTV I don't think blue ray can do more than 1080p so a new player would need to be released and perhaps you could connect a PC or tablet to a computer for an insanely HD picture but as I said.. I fail to see a need for it and for TV's that are even HIGHER definition. I'm fine with my 1080p.
Oh, wait... No one bought into the thunderbolt technology to begin with...
I'm guessing this is the "Light" that they intended the original Light Peak to have?
http://it-chuiko.com/gadgets/6339-super-hd-bbc-provedet-s-londonskoj-olimpiady-2012.html
Well, we find it too expensive to make a 50Gbps fiber link. Here is our new product that bundles 5 thunderbolt cables...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7GYbJtB1no&feature=related
2015? BS!
Which GPUs are going to support that resolution, is what I'd like to know. Actually, I guess it wouldn't be so bad as long as you didnt plan on doing any gaming whatsoever at that resolution...
Blue ray is already just slowly starting to get a bit more foothold, they want to usurp it already? Sheeeeesh.
I'm pretty sure he meant to say decade and not year. So, by 2015 when the newer Thunderbolt tech comes. Personally, I'll believe it when I see it.
Dude, check your math. 5800x3300 isn't 4x 1080p, in fact I'm not even sure how you got those dimensions. I thought you may have just multiplied 1920 and 1080 by 4, but that still doesn't add up... lol. But in any case, 5800x3300 (19 megapixels!) is much more then 4x the current HD standard. 4x 1080p would be somewhere around 3840x2160, or around 8.3 megapixels. I guess the fact that no one caught this before me isn't really a good sign...
1920x1080 = 2073600 pixels = 2.07 megapixels
2073600x4 = 8294400 pixels = 8.29 megapixels
Therefor, a new TV with 4000x2100 resolution = 8.4 megapixels, this is equivalent to 4x resolution increase.
5800x3300 = 19140000 pixels = 19.14 megapixels = nearly 10x increase.
Considering that Panasonic has a few TVs at 4000x2000, I think quadrupling 1080p is a viable option sometime this year.
And bugger, I'm beat by a minute...
... it literally just became commercially available, and Apple has already adopted it for their Mac Pro lineup. Don't you think it's just a bit early to cry fail?
lol...well, in any case you have the right idea.
But then again, how many people own a 2560x1600 monitor? They've been around for several years, but are too expensive for most people to consider. Any new television format is probably going to require nearly another decade for substantial adoption.
Faster connections are always welcome, however, and people will inevitably find a use for the extra bandwidth. As long as it doesn't cost an arm and a leg, I say the sky's the limit.
Edit: These comments move fast! Guess others beat me to the punch on the quadruple resolution topic.