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Thunderbolt

A proprietary video port connector designed by Intel and Apple. It provides video, audio, DC power, and data signals when connecting an external display into an Apple computer.

Features:

  • Combines PCIe and DisplayPort into two serial signals in a bi-directional channel of digital audio/video, DC power, and data signals.
  • Up to 40 Gbps of throughput when using a signal booster.
Version Description
v1 two channels, 10 Gbits/s, 20G Gbits/s total throughput, used miniDP connector
v2 20 GBits/s aggregated channels, still used the miniDP connector
v3 40 GBits/s aggregated throughput, USB-C connector

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