Although Acer is the first company to use the Intel Thunderbolt interface in Windows laptops, it has recently said that based on the high cost of Thunderbolt and the low usage rate, USB 3.0 will be the main consideration in the future. Textruded Acrylic Sheet,Patterned Acrylic Sheets,Clear Textured Unbreakable-glass Sheets,Reeded Acrylic Sheet Jiangmen Kunxin new Material Technology Co.,Ltd , https://www.plasticsjmkunxin.com
Acer launched the Aspire S5 last year to join the Intel Thunderbolt interface, becoming a Windows computer maker outside of Apple that uses this interface. However, according to a report on the Cnet website, Acer said recently that it will consider using USB 3.0 as the main alternative and replace the more expensive Thunderbolt interface.
At the same time, the new USB interface design will also achieve the same 10Gbps transmission rate (currently, USB 3.0 has about 5Gbps transmission rate), and the USB interface corresponds to external devices such as mouse, U disk, external printer, and external optical disk drive. Capacities are also higher, and unlike the Thunderbolt interface, which is mostly based on storage devices, it has a higher usage rate.
In response, Intel responded that the current Thunderbolt interface is mainly used for advanced hardware platforms, including Dell, Lenovo, Asus and other vendors will provide Thunderbolt interface for computer products using the fourth generation Intel Core i series processors later this year.
According to Jason Ziller, director of technology marketing and planning at Intel Thunderbolt, Intel did not plan to make Thunderbolt the primary interface specification for the mid-range market within the next two years, but it is estimated that it will be installed on most computer platforms in 3-5 years.
The current Thunderbolt interface is more common on Apple's Mac series computers, and the theoretical transmission rate will reach 10Gbps. The Thunderbolt 2 interface, which is expected to be launched later this year, will be able to reach 20Gbps transmission speed. The first computers to use this new interface will be available. The device is estimated to be the new Apple Mac Pro.