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Read more.When Intel announced new optical cable technology, Light Peak, at IDF last week, some were surprised to see it being demoed on a Mac.
One connector - I wish - I really do. But after USB with its mini, micro, A, B and several vendor specific connectors i'm not sure if I believe it.
Awesome news IMO.
An optical connection standard, the possibilities for standardisation are amazing
USB3 just lost a large part of it's appeal for me!
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ISTR usb was originally meant to be one connector, with each item having a "passthrough" so they daisy chained along..
Very rarely saw that used though - manufacturers didn't bother with it.
Hopefully they can replace SATA too. I hate those connectors. They come lose and are weak.
Hmm. 1 Connector for every type of peripheral to attach to your computer. Sounds good to me. I wonder if they could come up with a spec that allows enough power to drive a monitor from your PC as well?
Think about the simplified cabling:
1 cable from the wall to the Computer. Possibly 2 because of networking. 1 cable from computer to monitor. 1 cable from monitor to keyboard. 1 Cable from keyboard to mouse.
It'll mike cabling a lot better IMHO.
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You won't get power over OPTICAL cable ... and that kills part of the usb replacement idea.
You might. Either a couple of wires alongside the optical, or just a really, really, really small solar panel at on end of the wire, and a 30W laser at the other.Originally Posted by mikerr
Hahahaha - awesome. Kudos for this awesome but entirely ridiculous idea
As below. There's nothing to stop the spec including some copper for power as well.
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