Post by thread:[TECH] Light Peak from Intel The next great thing

On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:28 PM, YES NOPE9 <spam_OUTyesTakeThisOuTnope9.com> wrote: > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/194226/intel_says_its_light_peak_optical_cables_may_succeed_usb.html > > Intel sees its Light Peak technology for linking devices by optical > cable as potentially succeeding USB 3.0, a change that in several > years could mean the disappearance of a port used almost universally > in gadgets today. > > > They are going to need a pretty powerful laser to run all the cup warmers, battery chargers and blinky christmas trees :O ) and I think its pretty funny 'could mean the disappearance of a port used almost universally...' Motherboard still include serial ports a lot of time, I cant see transitioning away fom USB going any faster either. Maybe by 2025... -- Jonathan Hallameye

> They are going to need a pretty powerful laser to run all the cup warmers, > battery chargers and blinky christmas trees :O ) Serious point though, what about all bus powered devices. More wall warts? 'Copper, Wireless replacement technology' :) Gordon

If it were me ..... Cable and connector would have optical data path and 24V super- conducting electrical power path. Gus {Quote hidden}> > On Aug 6, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Gordon Downie wrote: > >> They are going to need a pretty powerful laser to run all the cup >> warmers, >> battery chargers and blinky christmas trees :O ) > > Serious point though, what about all bus powered devices. More wall > warts? > > 'Copper, Wireless replacement technology' :) > > Gordon

> If it were me ..... > Cable and connector would have optical data path > and 24V super- conducting electrical power path. 24V AC 1kHz for galvanically decoupling. A device would have a rectifier and a step-dopwn converter