As a leader in Thunderbolt technology, LaCie has brought to market the largest portfolio of Thunderbolt storage solutions.

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"LaCie is pleased to work with ASUS to showcase the power of Thunderbolt technology in a Windows environment, " said Erwan Girard, Business Unit Manager for Professional Solutions, LaCie.

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Long term Thunderbolt technology could lead to optical fiber cables that could carry up to 100 Gbps data rates and there are new consumer technologies coming that may need this sort of data rate!

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With its long history of working with high tech vendors, ASUS is able to show its strength and commitment to innovation with a close relationship to three of the leading brands currently producing products with Thunderbolt technology, Elgato, LaCie, and PROMISE.

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Touch technology will likely be incorporated in later Ultrabook versions, and Thunderbolt technology, which is 22 times faster than USB 2.0 and is now in use in some Apple notebooks, may also become part of the package in the future.

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"As more hardware companies announce plans to incorporate Intel's Thunderbolt technology into their products, we aim to create quality accessories that take advantage of Thunderbolt's blazing fast speeds and other benefits, " said Martin Avilla, general manager of Belkin's core business unit.

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New versions of the 11.6-inch and 13.3-inch MacBooks have been quietly rolled out by Apple, and now come with access to Core i5 and Core i7 processors, support for Apple Thunderbolt technology, a backlit keyboard, and up to 4GBs of 1333MHz memory.

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