Thursday, June 27th 2024
Cable Matters Launches the World's First Thunderbolt 5 Cable With Enhanced Performance
Cable Matters, a leader in providing top-tier connectivity solutions, today announced the launch of its groundbreaking Thunderbolt 5 cable manufactured by Lintes Technology Co., Ltd. The cable is available in 3 different lengths: 1 foot, 1.6 feet and 3.3 feet. This latest innovation delivers unparalleled performance, supporting up to 80 Gbps of bi-directional data transfer and up to 120 Gbps of video bandwidth, a substantial leap from the previous Thunderbolt 4 technology.
The new Thunderbolt 5 cable by Cable Matters represents a significant advancement in connectivity technology, offering increased bandwidth and power delivery capabilities. The Bandwidth Boost technology enables the cable to transmit up to 120 Gbps for the best display experience, providing up to 3 times increase over Thunderbolt 4's maximum bandwidth. This enhancement is particularly beneficial for demanding applications such as high-resolution video streaming, extensive data transfer, and high-speed gaming.
The introduction of the Thunderbolt 5 cable aligns with the needs of modern users who require robust, high-performance connectivity solutions. "The Thunderbolt 5 cable not only supports the fastest data transfer rates but also ensures compatibility with a wide range of devices thanks to its backward compatibility with Thunderbolt 4, Thunderbolt 3, USB4, and DisplayPort 2.1 standards," said Jeff Jiang, President of Cable Matters.
Jason Ziller, vice-president and general manager of the Client Connectivity Division at Intel, expressed enthusiasm about the new cable, stating, "The Thunderbolt 5 technology is a game-changer in the realm of connectivity and significantly enhances the user experience by providing more speed, power, and flexibility. It's an exciting advancement that underscores Cable Matters and Intel's commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in technology."
Consumers can expect the Thunderbolt 5 cable to support multiple 6K or 8K displays, offer enhanced charging capabilities up to 240 W, and maintain high-speed connections over longer distances without degradation. Gamers can take advantage of a 540 Hz refresh rate on a single display, or connect up to three 4K 144 Hz displays. The Cable Matters Thunderbolt 5 cable is not only a technological leap forward but also a testament to the company's commitment to innovation and quality.
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The new Thunderbolt 5 cable by Cable Matters represents a significant advancement in connectivity technology, offering increased bandwidth and power delivery capabilities. The Bandwidth Boost technology enables the cable to transmit up to 120 Gbps for the best display experience, providing up to 3 times increase over Thunderbolt 4's maximum bandwidth. This enhancement is particularly beneficial for demanding applications such as high-resolution video streaming, extensive data transfer, and high-speed gaming.
Jason Ziller, vice-president and general manager of the Client Connectivity Division at Intel, expressed enthusiasm about the new cable, stating, "The Thunderbolt 5 technology is a game-changer in the realm of connectivity and significantly enhances the user experience by providing more speed, power, and flexibility. It's an exciting advancement that underscores Cable Matters and Intel's commitment to pushing the boundaries of what's possible in technology."
Consumers can expect the Thunderbolt 5 cable to support multiple 6K or 8K displays, offer enhanced charging capabilities up to 240 W, and maintain high-speed connections over longer distances without degradation. Gamers can take advantage of a 540 Hz refresh rate on a single display, or connect up to three 4K 144 Hz displays. The Cable Matters Thunderbolt 5 cable is not only a technological leap forward but also a testament to the company's commitment to innovation and quality.
34 Comments on Cable Matters Launches the World's First Thunderbolt 5 Cable With Enhanced Performance
In 80 Gbps mode, you use two pairs of wires/connectors in each direction and in 120 Gbps, you use there in one and one in the other.
As for going faster, we're most likely looking at either optical cables, or some entirely different solution.
And if 80/120 mode is too "confusing" for a consumer, said consumer would be better served by an Etch-e-sketch.
OCulink port is more likely to deliver PCIe Gen5 over x4 cable or x8 cable.
Few people need to place their eGPU on the opposite side of the table from their handheld / laptop.Thunderbolt 5 uses 4x PCIe 4.0 lanes (64 Gbps duplex) plus USB.
Regardless, TB5 probably isn't coming before Panther Lake in late 2025 so this cable isn't meant for current systems anyway.
There is also no issue with doing 80 gbps and 120 gbps because to the cable it's the same thing(just changing direction at which the data is moving), the lanes are still operating at 40 gbps rates.
The 'sometimes' is more depending on the customer needs than the cable itself(as long as it's TB5 rated).
Oculink was also somewhat an odd short lived standard...and mainly used on pcie gen3, but it works on gen4 so long as the cable is good enough.
Slimsas is the main gen4 connector and gen5 gets MCIO... so... Oculink may be good for a current gen eGPU and get better fps and lower latency, but its not a good forward looking solution.
That said you can typically get adapter cables.
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You will at least always get 40 Gbps if the connector is USB-C.Well, if you get a USB4 cable, it's the same as a Thunderbolt 3/4 cable. The cables aren't allowed to have something optional if it has the USB4 certification logo on it.
Note that anything above 7.5 W for USB4 and 15 W for Thunderbolt, is USB-PD in both instances and is optional.You're mixing up internal and internal connectors here now.
Oculink is also available as an external device to device interface, which differs slightly from the internal one, especially in terms of connector matings, which are exponentially higher for the external port.
The PCI-SIG is moving towards CopprLink as a non-consumer standard for external PCIe, but the "consumer friendly" version doesn't have a fancy name yet and the spec hasn't been locked in yet, but as you can see below, should technically be by the end of this month.
Personally I'm not a fan of the connector they've chosen for the consumer standard.
www.techpowerup.com/322044/pci-sig-announces-copprlink-cable-specifications-for-pcie-5-0-and-6-0-technology
For how long have we been doing this dance? There was the ATi/AMD XGP port around 16 years ago which failed miserably, then Asus got its proprietary XG Mobile and Alienware their Graphics Amplifier.
People are already complaining about 1 meter being too short.