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Njengoba bekulindelekile, ama-MacBooks amasha athole imbobo entsha enesivinini esikhulu iThunderbolt (LightPeak), namanye amakhompyutha akwa-Apple azolandela okufanayo. Kulesi sihloko, ngithanda ukubheka kabanzi i-Thunderbolt ehlonishwayo, kokubili ngokombono wezobuchwepheshe kanye nethiyori.


I-Thunderbolt ngaphansi kwengilazi yokusondeza

Nakuba i-LightPeak ikhulume ikakhulukazi ngokudluliswa kwe-fiber optical, i-Thunderbolt, evele ku-MacBook Pro, i-metallic, okungukuthi ukuhanjiswa kusekelwe kuma-electron, hhayi ama-photons. Lokhu kusho ukuthi singaphupha kuphela ngesivinini sethiyori esingu-100 Gb/s okwamanje, kanye nezintambo ezingaba ngu-100 m. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngenxa yama-electron, i-Thunderbolt ingaphinde ishaje amadivaysi angenayo kuze kufike ku-10 W, futhi intengo izoba ngaphansi kakhulu ngenxa yokungabikho kwama-optics. Ngicabanga ukuthi inguqulo yesikhathi esizayo ye-optical izoqukatha ingxenye yensimbi ukuze ishaje.

I-Thunderbolt isebenzisa i-PCI Express 2.0 interface exhumana ngayo. Inomphumela ofinyelela ku-16 Gb/s. I-PCI Express manje isisetshenziswa kakhulu amakhadi ezithombe. Ngakho-ke, i-Thunderbolt iba uhlobo lwe-PCI Express yangaphandle, futhi esikhathini esizayo singalindela namakhadi ezithombe zangaphandle axhunywe ngesixhumi esibonakalayo esisha se-Intel.

I-Thunderbolt, okungenani njengoba yethulwe yi-Apple, ihlanganiswe ne-DisplayPort encane ekubuyekezweni kwe-1.1 futhi ivumela ukuhambisana nayo emuva. Ngakho-ke uma uxhuma, ngokwesibonelo, i-Apple Cinema Display nge-Thunderbolt, izosebenza ngokujwayelekile, noma ngabe ukuqapha kwe-Apple kungakabi nayo i-Thunderbolt.

Okuthakazelisa kakhulu ukuthi isixhumi esibonakalayo esisha sineziteshi ezimbili futhi siqondiswa kabili. Ngakho-ke ukusakazwa kwedatha kungasebenza ngokuhambisana, okuholela ekudlulisweni kwedatha okuphelele kufika ku-40 Gb/s, kodwa ngeqiniso lokuthi isivinini esiphezulu sesiteshi esisodwa siseyi-10 Gb/s. Ngakho-ke ilungele ini? Isibonelo, ungashintshanisa idatha phakathi kwamadivaysi amabili ngesikhathi esisodwa ngesivinini esiphezulu ngangokunokwenzeka ngenkathi uthumela isithombe kumqaphi wangaphandle.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Thunderbolt iyakwazi lokho okubizwa ngokuthi "i-daisy chaining", okuyindlela yokuhlanganisa amadivaysi. Ngale ndlela, ungakwazi ukuxhuma nge-serial kumadivayisi ayi-6 ngembobo ye-Thunderbolt ezosebenza njengamadivayisi wokufaka/okukhiphayo kanye neziqapha ezifika kwezi-2 ezine-DisplayPort ekugcineni kweketango (ngeziqaphi ezimbili kuzoba yimishini emi-5), eyenza akudingekile ukuba ne-Thunderbolt. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Thunderbolt inokubambezeleka okuncane (8 nanoseconds) kanye nokuvumelanisa okunembe kakhulu kokudlulisa, okubalulekile hhayi kuphela ku-daisy chaining.

Umbulali we-USB 3.0?

I-Thunderbolt isongela kakhulu i-USB 3.0, esakhula kancane kancane. I-USB entsha inikeza isivinini sokudlulisa esingafika ku-5 Gb/s, okusho ukuthi uhhafu womthamo we-Thunderbolt. Kodwa lokho i-USB engakunikezi yizinto ezifana nokuxhumana kweziteshi eziningi, i-daisy chaining, futhi angilindele nokusetshenziswa kokukhiphayo okuyinhlanganisela ye-A/V. Ngakho-ke i-USB 3.0 iyingane yakubo esheshayo yenguqulo ekabili yangaphambili.

I-USB 3.0 ingaxhunywa ngaphezu kwalokho ebhodini lomama nge-PCI-e, ngeshwa iThunderbolt ayikuvumeli lokhu. Idinga ukusetshenziswa ngokuqondile ebhodini lomama, ngakho-ke uma ubucabanga ukwengeza i-Thunderbolt ku-PC yakho, kufanele ngikudumaze. Kodwa-ke, singalindela i-Intel futhi ekugcineni nabanye abakhiqizi bebhodi lomama ukuthi baqale ukuyisebenzisa emikhiqizweni emisha.

I-Thunderbolt ngokungangabazeki iyimbangi eqondile ye-USB entsha, futhi kuzoba nempi eshubile phakathi kwakho kokubili. I-USB isivele ilwe impi efanayo ngesixhumi esibonakalayo esisha se-FireWire. Kuze kube namuhla, i-FireWire isiphenduke inkinga encane, kuyilapho i-USB ikhona yonke indawo. Nakuba i-Firewire inikeze isivinini sokudlulisela esiphezulu, yaphazanyiswa yilayisense ekhokhelwayo, kuyilapho ilayisense ye-USB yayimahhala (ngaphandle kwenguqulo ekhethekile ye-USB enesivinini esikhulu). Kodwa-ke, i-Thunderbolt ifundile kuleli phutha futhi ayidingi imali yelayisensi evela kubakhiqizi bezinkampani zangaphandle.

Ngakho-ke uma i-Thunderbolt iwina indawo yayo elangeni, umbuzo uzoba ukuthi i-USB 3.0 izodingeka nhlobo. Ukuhambisana ne-USB kusazokwaziwa nge-Thunderbolt ngokunciphisa, futhi i-USB 2.0 yamanje izokwanela ukudluliswa kwedatha okuvamile kwama-flash drive. Ngakho-ke i-USB entsha izoba nesikhathi esinzima, futhi phakathi neminyaka embalwa iThunderbolt ingase iyikhiphe ngokuphelele. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abadlali aba-2 abanamandla kakhulu bame ngemuva kweThunderbolt - Intel ne-Apple.

Kuyoba kuhle ngani?

Uma singakhuluma ngesikhathi samanje, khona-ke i-Thunderbolt ayisetshenziswa ekusebenzeni, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokungabikho kwamadivayisi analesi sikhombimsebenzisi. Akumangazi, i-Apple yaba ngowokuqala ukwethula i-Thunderbolt ezincwadini zayo zokubhalela, ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuhluka kuqinisekiswa izinyanga eziningi, okungenani mayelana nokuhlanganiswa kumabhodi omama.

Kodwa-ke, abanye abakhiqizi baqala ukudlala ngothando nge-Thunderbolt. I-Western Digital, Promise a I-LaCie sebevele bamemezele ukukhiqizwa kokugcinwa kwedatha namanye amadivaysi ane-Intel interface entsha, futhi kungalindeleka ukuthi abanye abadlali abaqinile abanjengo. Seagate, Samsung, Idatha nokuningi kuzokwengezwa maduze, njengoba abambalwa bazofuna ukuphuthelwa yigagasi elisha abangagibela kulo ngokuduma. I-Apple isiwuhlobo lophawu lwesiqiniseko mayelana nokuqaliswa kobuchwepheshe obusha, futhi iningi lobuchwepheshe elibusebenzisile selicishe laba yinto evamile esikhathini esithile, liholwa yi-USB yasekuqaleni.

Singalindela ukuthi i-Apple izofuna ukusebenzisa i-Thunderbolt emikhiqizweni yayo eminingi. Ukubuyekezwa okusha kwe-Time Capsule cishe kuqinisekile ngo-100%, njengama-iMacs amasha namanye amakhompyutha we-Apple azokwethulwa maduze nje. Ukuthunyelwa kungalindelwa kumadivayisi e-iOS, lapho i-Thunderbolt izongena esikhundleni sesixhumi esikhona sedokhi. Ngeke kushiwo ngokuqinisekile ukuthi kuzoba kulo nyaka, kodwa bengizofaka isandla sami emlilweni ngenxa yokuthi i-iPad 3 ne-iPhone 6 ngeke zisawugwema.

Uma i-Thunderbolt iphumelela ngempela ukufohla phakathi kwamadivayisi e-I/O, singase silindele inqwaba yemikhiqizo enalesi sikhombimsebenzisi ekupheleni konyaka. I-Thunderbolt ishintshashintsha kakhulu kangangokuba ingakwazi ukuvala isikhala sazo zonke izixhumi zefa kanye nezixhumi zesimanje ezifana ne-HDMI, i-DVI ne-DisplayPort ngaphandle kokucwayiza iso. Ekugcineni, asikho isizathu sokuthi kungani ingakwazi ukumiselela i-LAN yakudala. Konke kuncike ekusekelweni kwabakhiqizi kanye nokuthembela kwabo ku-interface entsha futhi, okokugcina, ekuthembekeni kwamakhasimende.

Izinsiza: Wikipedia, I-Intel.com

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