Thunderbolt 4 hasn’t been released in too long, but Intel has now completed the Thunderbolt 5, which has an 80Gbps data band with the same port shape, namely USB-C.
This information came to light from Gregory Bryant, an Intel executive, via a Twitter post that he has now deleted. From the tweet, it is known that the speed of Thunderbolt 5 is twice as fast as Thunderbolt 4 without changing the shape of the port.
Bryant used the headline ‘80G PHY Technology’ in his tweet, which refers to a physical connector that offers 80Gbps connectivity, double the 40Gbps in Thunderbolt 4.
This means that Intel will still use USB-C ports in its future technologies, although cables, docks, or hubs that later support Thunderbolt 4 do not necessarily support Thunderbolt 5, otherwise they should be replaced with new ones.
But at the very least, chargers, external storage, and dongles that use a USB-C plug can still work with the Thunderbolt 5 port even if the speed isn’t optimal.
Then from a photo posted by Bryant, it also revealed the technology that Intel will be using in the future. Namely 'PAM-3 modulation technology', which according to Anandtech is a new method of transmitting data in bits via cable, and has a larger data path than current methods.
Of course, the Thunderbolt 5 may still take months, or even years, before it launches and is available on devices on the market.
The reason is that the Thunderbolt 4 is just a year old, and is just starting to be available on devices in the market.
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