Light Peak or Thunderbolt?

Well it started off as Intel's Light Peak then mutated via Apple into Thunderbolt. Now that their 1 year exclusive use reign on it is over, when will it start to appear in PC? And, will it still retain the name...Thunderbolt?

Here are some of the nuts and bolts of Thunderbolt:

Apple won't be the only PC maker selling high-end notebooks that look like the MacBook Air and pack Thunderbolt connectivity; Acer, Asustek, Lenovo are expected to introduce new Thunderbolt-equipped Ultrabooks in the second quarter of 2012.

According to a report by DigiTimes, all three PC makers are expected to introduce new Ultrabooks incorporating Intel's Ivy Bridge platform with support for Thunderbolt.

The site also says logic board maker Gigabyte Technology "will take the initiative to offer Thunderbolt-enabled motherboards."

Intel's next Ivy Bridge chip platform, the successor to Sandy Bridge, includes native support for USB 3.0, but does not support Thunderbolt across the board. Support for Thunderbolt increases the cost of PCs by more than $20, it said.

As a result, Thunderbolt is "only expected to be adopted among high-end notebooks or desktops in 2012." The new Intel-driven standard for PCI Express data paired with DisplayPort video is however expected to be "fully standardized by 2013."

 

Intel might change it back to Light Peak if it Thunderbolt doesn't do too well against USB 3.0, you never know.

It would be nice to see TB ports starting to appear on tablets like the Surface though, that would add to the appeal immensely, although probably a bit unnecessary to most people.

 

Well HP has announced to exclusive support of USB 3.0 so you'd be unlike to find it on one their machines anytime soon. To bad, when it comes to speed of data transference, no good port should be turned down. Since this would be something mostly power users would seek, I say, let the buyer choose.

 

its in the Iconia w700 tablet
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and I have not seen it sofar in HP units but Acer, ASUS, and Lenovo sofar. Sony had their own messed up propitiatory version in a USB port in the Z2 the same time Apple announced it last year.

once/IF Thunderbolt catches on I estmate they will compliment more than compete as each has pros/cons the other overcomes, if anything we will see PCIE direct interfaces replacing TB

 

imo windows 8 will bring more new notebooks and tablets with thunderbolt. until then new releases are kinda stuck.

but plus $20 for each notebook for thunderbolt is not true because just the chip itself cost $30. then the price must be higher. you have to integrate it in the system and add a connector so it will cost around $35 to $50. sure no where near the insane prices now available. but anyway with just a few notebooks we don't have much to compare.

 

Well for the moment it seems like a luxury but for now I sure hate it when technology takes a back seat to cost. Perhaps it would HP and Dell will lead the way in designing laptop that will allow for future adjustment like this; and perhaps beefing up the express card slot (or even a HDD bay) would be a good start? What do you think: Plausible?