Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 27th Sep 2009 20:47 UTC
When Intel unveiled its Light Peak optical interconnect (video) at IDF earlier this week, many noticed that the demonstration computer used to show the new technology was in fact a hackintosh. Well, thanks to Engadget we now know why: Apple is very, very involved in the conception of Light Peak. Let's take this opportunity to look at some of Apple's other connection standards from the past.
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Apple has grand plans for the technology, according to Engadget. It will start off with the ability to daisy-chain several peripherals into a single Light Peak port, with later plans involving Light Peak replacing every other port. In other words, all your networking, peripheral, and display needs will go through (a) Light Peak port(s).
I like the idea of a cheap fiber optic cable replacing my ethernet cables in my home, but lord knows how much this is going to cost. If the plan is to really use it as a network cable then I expect a big push in Airport development unless Cisco/linksys and the like get on board with this idea.
The idea of daisy chaining I don't think has been successful. The last time I really daisy chained anything was SCSI devices. My PC only had 1 port but I had a JAZ, ZIP, 2 external HD's all connected together with adapters going through that 1 port. I haven't really seen anyone else do it either. I'm not knocking the idea but they should maybe puts lots of ports on the monitor so the consumer sees the monitor as a hub.
Edited 2009-09-27 21:24 UTC