Jeff Campbell
05-10-2010, 10:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blogs.computerworld.com/16080/is_apple_ready_to_play_with_wigig_and_light_peak' target='_blank'>http://blogs.computerworld.com/1608..._and_light_peak</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"We live for speed. We want faster, faster, faster. Whether its speeding between destinations or exercising our creative computing muscles, we want faster file transfers, faster synching, faster wireless."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1273520702.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>And to that end, Intel (<a href="http://www.9to5mac.com/light-peak-hackintosh" target="_blank">with some assistance from Apple</a>) has Light Peak, a 10Gbps optical technology that should be to market in 2011, which hopefully will replace USB, HDMI, etc. The other news today is that Wi-Gig will also offer fast speeds, 7 gigabits per second in the 60 <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Mhz</span> Ghz range. Apple has been an early adopter/leader in technology so I don't doubt we may be seeing some of this technology in their products in the near future. You can learn more about Light Peak at <a href="http://techresearch.intel.com/articles/None/1813.htm" target="_blank">their site</a>, and for Wi-Gig info check out <a href="http://www.wigig.org" target="_blank">www.wigig.org</a>.</p>