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Re:The technology inside Apple's $50 Thunderbolt cable by kristopolous on Thursday August 18, 2011 @05:05PM (#2901077)
Place some patented IP in the cable to shut out third parties. That's classic Apple innovation.
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Re:The technology inside Apple's $50 Thunderbolt cable by catch23 on Thursday August 18, 2011 @05:33PM (#2901187)
I thought lightpeak was from intel?

"Our telecom source noted that Intel made an unusual choice in also using active cabling for future optical-based iterations of Thunderbolt ... Intel would not say when official specs would be released to other manufacturers" -- from the article

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