Mac computers, whether mobile or desktop, have been USB-C connectors for some time. In the case of the MacBook they have completely eliminated those traditional ones, while the two continue to live on the Mac mini, Mac and Mac Pro. In addition, they are compatible with the Thunderbolt 3 standard, which provides a transmission speed of up to 40 Gbps, four times higher than USB 3.1 and the original Thunderbolt.
Intel, a technology developer, has already started talking about Thunderbolt 4, which has just announced its & # 39; Comomet Lake & # 39; up to 5GHz, can be integrated into a future MacBook Pro.
The transmission speed is up to 80 Gbps
Gregory Bryant, Intel's Executive Vice President, He also refers to Thunderbolt 4 when talking about "Tiger Lake" processors. However, the details provided were somewhat surprising because, as Apple Insider pointed out, it said that Thunderbolt 4 would have four times more power than USB 3, something that Thunderbolt 3 would achieve.
Bryant probably wanted to say that it would four times faster than USB 3.2 Gen 2×2, which can reach up to 20 Gbps when using two lanes. If it were, Thunderbolt 4 would be able to reach 80 Gbps. To accomplish this, the standard will use four PCI-E 4.0 channels to reach that number. However, It is not yet known when Intel plans to launch Thunderbolt 4, and if it's going to happen before USB 4.
