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Thunderbolt is the brand name of a hardware interface for the connection of external peripherals to a computer.It was developed by Intel in collaboration with Apple. [7] [8] It was initially marketed under the name Light Peak, and first sold as part of an end-user product on 24 February 2011.
ASUS: Website: www.asmedia ... USB4 with Thunderbolt 3 device controller chip and USB 3.2 Gen2x2 hub controller chip. ... USB/SATA/PCIe Re-driver ASM1468, ASM1465 ...
USB-C plug USB-C (SuperSpeed USB 5Gbps) receptacle on an MSI laptop. USB-C, or USB Type-C, is a 24-pin connector (not a protocol) that supersedes previous USB connectors and can carry audio, video, and other data, to connect to monitors or external drives.
The Intel Thunderbolt interface has provided a new option to connect with a PCIe card externally. Magma has released the ExpressBox 3T, which can hold up to three PCIe cards (two at x8 and one at x4). [143] MSI also released the Thunderbolt GUS II, a PCIe chassis dedicated for video cards. [144]
To use a sound card, the operating system (OS) typically requires a specific device driver, a low-level program that handles the data connections between the physical hardware and the operating system. Some operating systems include the drivers for many cards; for cards not so supported, drivers are supplied with the card, or available for ...
On 5 January 2010, the USB-IF announced the first two certified USB 3.0 motherboards, one by ASUS and one by Giga-Byte Technology. [22] [25] Previous announcements included Gigabyte's October 2009 list of seven P55 chipset USB 3.0 motherboards, [26] and an Asus motherboard that was cancelled before production. [27]
As an example, assume the case of Wake-on-LAN. Traditionally, the OS controls Wake-on-LAN and must call third-party device drivers to enable support on a network card. With the HECI bus, the host is able to assert its request line (REQ#), the ME will assert its grant line (GNT#), and the host can send its message using its serial transmit signal.
This enables users to download digital pictures from an SD card onto a laptop, thus enabling them to delete the SD card's contents to free up space for taking new pictures. Removable media drive Optical disc drives capable of playing CD-ROMs , compact discs (CD), DVDs , and in some cases, Blu-ray discs (BD), were nearly universal on full-sized ...