Thunderbolt Can Now File Transfer 20Gb per Seconds

Intel announced the next generation of Thunderbolt interface. Now, theoretical transfer speed increased up to 20 Gigabit per second or two times bigger than the previous.

That number is also four times greater than USB 3.0 interface (5 Gigabit per second).

As quoted from Engadget, besides the addition of the charter bandwidth, next-gen Thunderbolt technology is code-named "Falcon Ridge" it also allows the transfer of 4K video files to an external display device. It can be done while maintaining a 20 Gbps transfer speed.

In addition, the new Thunderbolt standard will be compatible with previous versions of the Thunderbolt interface that can be used with existing devices.