Thunderbolt

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Thunderbolt is a high-speed hardware interface standard developed by Intel and Apple that combines data, video, audio, and power transmission over a single cable, commonly used for connecting peripherals to computers.

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AI-generated illustration of Thunderbolt

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Thunderbolt (Thunderbolt is a high-speed hardware interface standard developed by Intel and Apple that combines data, video, audio, and power transmission over a single cable, commonly used for connecting peripherals to computers.)

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Thunderbolt canonical 12
Thunderbolt 4 9
Thunderbolt 3 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Thunderbolt version ⓘ
Thunderbolt version ⓘ
Thunderbolt version ⓘ
Thunderbolt version ⓘ
computer hardware interface standard ⓘ
peripheral connectivity technology ⓘ
backwardCompatibleWith Mini DisplayPort video devices (via appropriate ports/cables) ⓘ
basedOn DisplayPort ⓘ
PCI Express ⓘ
commonlyUsedWith Mac computers ⓘ
high-performance PCs ⓘ
connectorType USB-C ⓘ
USB-C ⓘ
connects computers ⓘ
peripheral devices ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
Intel ⓘ
linked to: Intel Corporation
enables high-bandwidth external storage arrays ⓘ
single-cable docking solutions ⓘ
firstReleased 2011 ⓘ
marketedAs high-speed I/O interface ⓘ
maxDataRate 10 Gbit/s ⓘ
20 Gbit/s ⓘ
40 Gbit/s ⓘ
40 Gbit/s ⓘ
originalCodeName Light Peak ⓘ
powerDeliveryCapability up to 10 watts in early versions ⓘ
supports audio transmission ⓘ
data transmission ⓘ
power delivery ⓘ
video transmission ⓘ
supportsDaisyChaining up to six devices ⓘ
supportsDisplayConfigurations multiple external monitors (depending on version and implementation) ⓘ
supportsHotPlug true ⓘ
supportsProtocolTunneling DisplayPort ⓘ
PCI Express ⓘ
USB ⓘ
typicalUseCase connecting docking stations ⓘ
connecting external GPUs ⓘ
connecting external displays ⓘ
connecting external storage devices ⓘ
usedConnectorInVersion1And2 Mini DisplayPort connector ⓘ
usedConnectorInVersion3 USB-C connector ⓘ
usedConnectorInVersion4 USB-C connector ⓘ
uses single cable for multiple signal types ⓘ
version Thunderbolt 1 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt 2 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt 3 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt

Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lynx → competesWith → Thunderbolt ⓘ
USB Type-C → supportsStandard → Thunderbolt 3 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
USB Type-C → supportsStandard → Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Mac Studio → hasPort → Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
USB4 → basedOn → Thunderbolt 3 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt → version → Thunderbolt 1 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt → version → Thunderbolt 2 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt → version → Thunderbolt 3 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt → version → Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Macchi C.202 Folgore → nameMeaning → Thunderbolt ⓘ
MacBook Air (M1, 2020) → supportsThunderboltVersion → Thunderbolt 3 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Apple M1 Pro → supportsThunderbolt → Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Apple M2 Pro → supports → Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
G-DRIVE → supportsInterface → Thunderbolt ⓘ
G-DRIVE → supportsInterface → Thunderbolt 3 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
G-DRIVE → supportsInterface → Thunderbolt 2 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
MacBook → hasPort → Thunderbolt ⓘ
Apple M2 Ultra → supportsFeature → Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
M2 Pro Mac mini → port → Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Apple M-series → supports → Thunderbolt ⓘ
Pro Display XDR → portType → Thunderbolt 3 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Apple silicon Mac Pro models → supports → Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Mini DisplayPort → usedAsPhysicalLayerFor → Thunderbolt 1 ⓘ
subject linked to: Mini DisplayPort connector
linked to: Thunderbolt
Mini DisplayPort → usedAsPhysicalLayerFor → Thunderbolt 2 ⓘ
subject linked to: Mini DisplayPort connector
linked to: Thunderbolt
Light Peak → codenameFor → Thunderbolt ⓘ
Light Peak → evolvedInto → Thunderbolt 1 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Light Peak → successorName → Thunderbolt ⓘ
Light Peak → marketedAsByApple → Thunderbolt ⓘ
Light Peak → relatedStandard → Thunderbolt 2 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Light Peak → relatedStandard → Thunderbolt 4 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Biophilia → hasPart → Thunderbolt ⓘ
LaCie → supportsInterface → Thunderbolt 2 ⓘ
linked to: Thunderbolt
Apple Thunderbolt Display → connectivityInterface → Thunderbolt ⓘ
subject linked to: Thunderbolt displays
Apple Thunderbolt Display → connectorType → Thunderbolt 1 ⓘ
subject linked to: Thunderbolt displays
linked to: Thunderbolt
GPU → connectsVia → Thunderbolt ⓘ