The new optical cables could be up to 10 times as long as the original Thunderbolt cables, and that's not the only difference. Earlier this month, Sumitomo Electric Industries was the first company to ...

Ever bought a cable that never met its advertised specifications? You’re not alone — most cables barely have any documentation to refer to, and trying to pick the right set of working features is a ...

If you happen to be in the market for a brand new PC, you might be confused to see the only port options on offer are either USB-C or Thunderbolt, the latter of which is swiftly becoming an industry ...

If you are one that has jumped on the Thunderbolt bandwagon, whether it be for the performance the technology offers or the daisy chaining capabilities, Thunderbolt cables don't always make their way ...

Optical Thunderbolt cables will soon hit the market courtesy of Sumitomo Electric Industries. The Japanese company recently announced the impending availability of Thunderbolt cables based on fiber ...

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You already know that the USB-C connection standard is difficult to sort out. As I wrote in “Explaining Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, and Everything In Between” (3 November 2016), USB-C is a hardware standard ...

After using one for about six months, I've concluded that "if you're setting up a permanent desk station, a Thunderbolt ...

For more than a year Intel has talked about graduating from copper wires to fiber optics for Thunderbolt ports on Apple’s Mac computers, and Sumitomo Electric Industries has became one of the first ...

The Thunderbolt 3 standard has been available for roughly four years now, but cable lengths have so far generally been limited to a couple of meters due to signal degradation over long distances of ...

Optical cables that connect peripherals to Thunderbolt 2 ports in Apple Macs are getting longer, but also more expensive. Other World Computing on Friday started selling a 30-meter Thunderbolt 2 ...