Hewlett-Packard, the world's largest maker of personal computers, said that it did not see the value in the Thunderbolt interconnection technology recently unveiled by
Intel Corp. along with a number of partners. Instead, HP believes that USB 3.0 offers better value at present.
"We did look at [Thunderbolt]. We are still looking into it. Have not found a value proposition yet. On the PC side, everybody seems to be content with the expansion of USB 3.0. Do we need to go into more fancy solutions? Not convinced yet," said Xavier Lauwaert, worldwide marketing manager for desktops at HP, reports
IDG News Service.
HP this week introduced a new lineup of high-end desktop personal computers called Pavilion HPE. The new family supports SuperSpeed USB interconnection standard and does not feature Intel Thunderbolt, which is currently supported by select Apple Macintosh personal computers and is also backed by a number of companies, primarily providers of professional solutions.
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Although Intel has led the design of both Thunderbolt and USB 3.0, the company at present does not support USB 3.0 with its core-logic sets and only supports TB with standalone controllers. Next year the Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker plans to release chipsets with USB 3.0 support, but the destiny of integrated support of TB is not clear at this point. As a result, it is generally not surprising that PC makers are not too enthusiastic about the Thunderbolt.
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