by AppleInsider | Mar 4, 2019 | Thunderbolt 3, USB-C, USB4
The USB Promoter Group standards body today announced the pending release of a new USB4 specification. USB4 converges the Thunderbolt and USB protocols as part of Intel's goal to make Thunderbolt available on a royalty-free basis, which should result in wider and...
by AppleInsider | Jan 9, 2019 | CES 2019, Elgato, Thunderbolt 3
Elgato parent company Corsair at CES 2019 this week unveiled its new Thunderbolt 3 Pro Dock. The dock connects to the latest MacBook Pro and MacBook Air with a single Thunderbolt 3 cable and provides a wide variety of additional I/O connectivity options, eliminating...
by AppleInsider | Jul 20, 2018 | 4K displays, 5k displays, DisplayPort, DisplayPort 1.4, Retina MacBook Pro, Thunderbolt 3
Earlier this week, the repair experts at iFixit opened up the 2018 MacBook Pro, uncovering Intel's new JHL7540 Thunderbolt 3 controller, introduced earlier this year as part of its "Titan Ridge" family. While the specifications for the JHL7540 lists compatibility with...
by AppleInsider | Jul 19, 2018 | Retina MacBook Pro, Thunderbolt 3
Apple has confirmed that the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is equipped with four full-speed Thunderbolt 3 ports. 2018 models ship with Intel's eighth-generation Core i5 or Core i7 processors, which both support up to 16 PCI Express lanes, providing enough...
by Eric Slivka | Jun 1, 2018 | CalDigit, Thunderbolt 3
Popular storage and dock company CalDigit recently launched a Thunderbolt 3 version of its T4 RAID storage hub, offering demanding Mac users a four-bay setup with capacities up to 32 TB of traditional hard drive or 8 TB of SSD storage. Compatible with Thunderbolt 3...
by Eric Slivka | Jan 30, 2018 | CalDigit, Thunderbolt 3
If you've followed all of my Thunderbolt 3 dock reviews over the past year, you know that in general these docks carry a lot of the same features in slightly different combinations. But usually, there's at least one fairly important feature that's missing in each...
