GIGABYTE Launches World’s First Fully Certified Dual Port Thunderbolt Motherboards

Dual Thunderbolt™ – Fast, Flexible and Simple Connectivity for your Motherboard

GIGABYTE Thunderbolt™ motherboards are the first to be certified by Intel featuring dual Thunderbolt™ ports directly on the motherboard back panel I/O, with each Thunderbolt™ port supporting a maximum data transfer speeds with simultaneous bi-directional data transfer at speeds of up to 10Gbps – this means you can transfer a full HD 1080p movie in under 30 seconds.

GIGABYTE’s dual port Thunderbolt™ implementation ensures the absolute maximum potential connectivity, with support to connect up to 12 individual devices simultaneously, with each port offering full 10Gbps bandwidth.

Thunderbolt™ combines both DisplayPort and PCI Express protocols over a single cable so that users can connect a multitude of device types in tandem with HD streaming video and 8-channel audio, simultaneously in one specially developed cable. Users can also enjoy improved flexibility by ‘daisy-chaining’ several devices while still enjoying low latency and industry-leading data transfer speeds.

GIGABYTE Thunderbolt™ Motherboards Models

Dual Thunderbolt™ Ports are featured on the following GIGABYTE motherboard models:

GIGABYTE Z77X-UP5 TH	GIGABYTE Z77X-UP4 TH
ATX Form Factor	ATX Form Factor

Dual Thunderbolt™ ports with “bi-directional 10Gbps data pipeline that includes both PCIe and DisplayPort traffic” sounds like a nice basis for a high-performance desktop system.  Pricing is not currently available.