Thunderbolt 3 connected external graphic board BOX which can dramatically increase the graphic performance of notebook PC with one cable

High-speed data transmission technology that Intel extended the USB shape-C to match the port shape is "Thunderbolt 3However, with an extended BOX using Thunderbolt 3, it seems that it will be able to easily "externally attach" high-end graphic boards on laptop PCs.

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It is being held in San Francisco, USA from August 18, 2015Intel Developer Forum 2015 (IDF 2015)The state of demonstration of actual machine of extended BOX using Thunderbolt 3 which was done in booth,GizmodoIt introduces.


This is an external port expansion hub using Thunderbolt 3. It is a size that is smaller than a notebook PC and can be carried with a thin casing.


Various ports such as USB 3.0, DisplayPort, HDMI, LAN are installed on the back.


This extended hub can easily add various interfaces to the PC side by connecting it with the notebook PC with Thunderbolt 3 standard cable. The maximum transfer rate of Thunderbolt 3 using the USB Type-C terminal is 40 Gbps in theory, enabling ultra high-speed data transfer.


Thunderbolt 3 not only can output 4K video on multiple screens utilizing its own high-speed transfer capability, it is also possible to input and output the video of the high-end graphic board. In the booth of IDF 2015, AMD Radeon R9 M385 graphic board was built in the expansion box, and a demonstration to play the game on the notebook PC as an external GPU was also done.

The lower black × silver BOX is an external graphic board expansion box. It seems that it corresponds to 2 slot type graphic board.


Even on notebook PCs with poor graphic performance, by adding graphic boards externallyUnigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0In 45.5 FPS, 1146 points are struck out.


Extended BOX that was demonstrated at this boothInventecIt is not a commercial version in the prototype of the model, and the person in charge of Intel does not reveal the price. However, according to Gizmodo, an external type expansion box using Thunderbolt 3 will be appearing one after another in 2015.