Introduction
Thunderbolt is a new high speed I/O technology designed for high performance and flexibility.
Thunderbolt technology enables innovative system designs by allowing multiple high performance PCIe and Displayport devices to connect to a computer through a single connector.
Thunderbolt allows a single port to daisy chain with a total of 7 devices (2 of which can be high-resolution
displays). The last device in the chain does not even need a thunderbolt chip, because it does not need to pass data through to another device. This means that the last device can use either a mini DisplayPort or an adapter to plug into any other sort of display port.
Here is an example system connecting both a High Resolution display and a hard drive through the same single port on the Macbook Air.
Thunderbolt technology enables innovative system designs by allowing multiple high performance PCIe and Displayport devices to connect to a computer through a single connector.
Thunderbolt allows a single port to daisy chain with a total of 7 devices (2 of which can be high-resolution
displays). The last device in the chain does not even need a thunderbolt chip, because it does not need to pass data through to another device. This means that the last device can use either a mini DisplayPort or an adapter to plug into any other sort of display port.
Here is an example system connecting both a High Resolution display and a hard drive through the same single port on the Macbook Air.
