Now that fast connections are standard on laptops, how can Intel make Thunderbolt more appealing? Apparently, by wooing fans who want a wall of monitors. The business has teased a new Thunderbolt standard that would provide additional bandwidth for multi-monitor installations and other “visually heavy usages.” While the port normally provides 80 gigabits per second of bandwidth, as specified by the USB 4 Version 2.0 spec, it automatically switches to a special mode with 120 gigabits per second upstream and 40 gigabits per second downstream when your screen’s resolution or refresh rate requires higher performance.
