Press Release
Sumitomo Electric Acquires Thunderbolt 3 Certification for Active Optical Cables
April 24, 2020
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
*This press release was originally published in Japanese on March 13, 2020.
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. is proud to announce that it has acquired Thunderbolt 3 certification for its new active optical cables (AOCs) from Intel Corporation, the company that established the Thunderbolt 3 standard. Sumitomo Electric developed 40 Gbps Thunderbolt 3 AOCs for high-speed transmission to meet the needs for long-distance transmission.
Thunderbolt is a general-purpose fast data transmission standard for data communication between a personal computer and peripheral devices such as displays.*
Sumitomo Electric undertook the development of Thunderbolt cables based on technical specifications disclosed by Intel, the developer of the technology. In 2010, Sumitomo Electric acquired the world's first Thunderbolt certification. In November 2015, the Company obtained another certification for Thunderbolt 3 cables (electric cables) that enable 40 Gbps transmission.* Since then, Sumitomo Electric has been selling Thunderbolt 3 cables as a major vendor of the products.The Thunderbolt 3 cables currently in the market feature a maximum transmission speed of 40 Gbps and a maximum length of 2.0 m,*
Based on the certified technology, Sumitomo Electric will explore the possibility of developing products to meet the market demand for long-distance transmission.
References:
- Thunderbolt Website:
https://global-sei.com/ewp/E/thunderbolt/ - Press release, May 21, 2013:
"Sumitomo Electric Receives Certification for the World's Thinnest Thunderbolt Cable"
https://global-sei.com/news/press/13/prs053_s.html - Press release, November 17, 2015:
"Sumitomo Electric Receives Thunderbolt 3 Cable Certification from Intel"
https://global-sei.com/company/press/2015/11/prs090.html - Press release, December 11, 2019:
"Sumitomo Electric Launches Thunderbolt™ 3 Cables on Amazon Japan"
https://global-sei.com/company/press/2019/12/prs096.html
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