Jun 30, 2011

Thunderbolt Cable Teardown Reveals Enough Chips to Make a Computer

Thunderbolt Cable Teardown Reveals Enough Chips to Make a Computer

The 12 chips inside Apple's Thunderbolt cable might justify its high, high price. Photos iFixit. It might not mitigate the ridiculous $50 price-tag, but iFixit's teardown of Apple's “lightning fast” Thunderbolt cable at least goes some way towards showing why it doesn't cost the same as any other dumb cable.
After picking up the new wonder-cable and digging into its “suspicious” looking sturdy plastic sleeve, iFixit's Miroslav Djuric was confronted with a lot of hefty metal shielding.

Gadget Lab, Thunderbolt Cable Teardown Reveals Enough Chips to Make a Computer

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