High cost of high-speed fiber difficult to USB3.0 configuration

The EE Times website stated that the initial products of Intel Light Peak transmission technology would be difficult to popularize. The reason is that the existing three top OEM OEMs Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Acer companies are strong supporters of USB3.0, and the article quoted the market adjustment company IGI report said Due to the relatively high price and performance advantages compared to USB 3.0, Light Peak transmission technology is more popular than ever.

USB3.0 transmission bandwidth up to 10 times the current USB2.0 standard 480Mbits/s, compared to Light Peak transmission technology, USB3.0 transmission bandwidth is about twice, up to 10Gbits/s, According to analysts, “This improvement in Light Peak will not significantly improve performance for many applications. Data transfer bandwidth is greater than 10 Gbits/s. In applications such as video applications, users will feel a clear performance difference. ”

To make matters worse, the total cost of Light Peak chip + optical module + transmission cable is 5-10 dollars higher than that of USB3.0, so that users are even more unacceptable. Analysts said: "The data transfer rate has only tripled and the cost has increased so much that the profit margin for the user is already very small."