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Will we see Thunderbolt become available for PC any time in 2012?

I'm a Digital Tech (fancy name for camera assistant) and I'm also a student. A lot of the teachers and students around campus have been drooling over Thunderbolt because it's not USB 3.0. Which most of them don't really understand what's important about having thunderbolt. I tether a lot at school and moving files. I'm also using both Apple, PC and Linux products. The only thing that would really compare to thunderbolt in speed would be Fibre but cost and maintenance is kind of out of reach for most consumers.

Will we see any movement on Thunderbolt in aftermarket hardware anytime soon for PCs in 2012?

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arras

From what I've been reading is that Thunderbolt will start showing up in motherboards and Intel CPUs this year (2012) and I think that once that happens, we'll start to see more 3rd party devices supporting Thunderbolt
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tdanbrown

Yes. Intel has publicly made a commitment that Thunderbolt will be supported and available on Ivy Bridge processor laptops... mid-2012 release expected. That's the next version of the core i3, i5, and i7 processors.
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sillymansamOCN

Is that Ivy Bridge? Last I saw come out was the x79 chipsets. I can see it being on Ivy Bridge.
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