Cable Matters' new Thunderbolt 5 cable is manufactured by Lintes Technology and is available from Cablle Matters' own Amazon store. The 1ft cable costs $22.99, the 1.6ft cable costs $26.99, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. The new CubeDock Thunderbolt 5 station has a 180W smart ...

Optical cables for Thunderbolt ports that enable faster data transfers over longer distances on computers such as Apple’s Macintosh will be available later this year, Intel said Monday. Thunderbolt, ...

CalDigit released the world’s first 2-meter certified Thunderbolt 5 cable, offering 80Gbps bi-directional bandwidth that can boost to 120Gbps. According to Macworld, this $140 cable supports 8K ...

USB-C standards are a mess.

The M4 Pro version of the Mac mini that Apple introduced today uses the latest Thunderbolt 5 technology with transfer speeds of up to 120Gb/s, which means Apple is selling a new Thunderbolt 5 cable to ...

When the Thunderbolt 4 standard launched in 2020 it brought support for a bunch of new features including support for high-speed connections over longer cables and guaranteed support for up to two 4K ...

A Thunderbolt 5 cable has finally appeared, even before Thunderbolt 5 docks have begun shipping. Cable Matters is now advertising several “Intel Certified” Thunderbolt 5 cables capable of 120Gbps—but ...

Modern Type-C cables require active chips in short lengths to get full speed and feature set.

The Plugable Thunderbolt 4 and USB4 Quad Docking Station glitched a bit, knocking this ultrapremium docking station down. Its predecessor is a better value. Plugable’s Thunderbolt 4 and USB4 Quad ...

Researchers are working on a cabling system that could provide data transfer speeds multiple times faster than existing USB connections using an extremely thin polymer cable, in a system that echoes ...

Intel’s Thunderbolt high-speed interconnect technology, which shuffles data between PCs and devices like displays and external storage, could be years away from getting optical technology, an Intel ...