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Thunderbolt 2 cables are now longer, and more expensive |
January 11, 2014
Optical cables that connect peripherals to Thunderbolt 2 ports in Apple Macs are getting longer, but also more expensive.
Other World Computing on Friday started selling a 30-meter Thunderbolt 2 optical cable for $899. It will be able to stretch 4K video streams from a Mac to a 4K monitor for the full length.
Corning this week at International CES demonstrated optical cables stretching 200 feet, or 61 meters, that are also Thunderbolt 2 compatible. The technology transfers data at speeds of up to 20Gbps (bits per second).
Corning has already shown optical cables that extend to 100 meters on the original Thunderbolt technology, in which data transfers happen at 10Gbps. Prices and availability on the new Corning cables were not provided.
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