

Install the System BIOS update and reboot your computer.Ĥ. Disconnect any Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C devices. Use the search tool or manually browse to identify software for your computer.ģ. The Gigabyte AERO 15X Laptop with Thunderbolt port, as an example, requires all four software updates for the best performance.Ģ. This article is for MSI computers with Thunderbolt 3. So, the Thunderbolt 5 clearly has an advantage over the older generations.Windows Thunderbolt™ 3 equipped computers may require update of the System BIOS, Thunderbolt™ Firmware, Thunderbolt™ driver, and Intel Graphics driver for your cable or adapter to function properly. It offers the same bandwidth like the last generation. And while the Thunderbolt 4 comes with several additional benefits over Thunderbolt 3, it does not offer any advantage in the bandwidth. It is important to understand that the Thunderbolt 4 is still a year old and it is still in the adoption phase by the companies. While the Thunderbolt 5’s higher bandwidth will enable several new features and other enhancements like support for higher refresh rate for 4K and 8K monitors, faster data transfer, support for external graphics cards and more. PAM 3 stands for Pulse Amplitude Modulation and this will allow for higher bandwidth than existing technologies. The poster also reveals one very important fact about the rumoured Thunderbolt 5 technology is that its next-generation interface will use PAM-3 modulation technology. Also, it will be a lot easier for manufacturers to adapt to this new technology. This comes with great relief as the Type-C is the most common port found across the devices. This means that the extra bandwidth will be delivered via the same USB Type-C interface. The first line reads, USB 80G is targeted to support the existing USB-C ecosystem”. The tweeted image also contains a poster with some details mentioned about the new technology. Which is double what Thunderbolt 4 currently offers. According to the report, the photo from the tweet reads 80G PHY technology which suggests that the Thunderbolt 5 will support up to 80 Gbps bandwidth. AnandTech has reported that the EVP and GM of Intel's Client Computing Group, Gregory Bryant accidentally tweeted an image - now deleted - from his visit to Intel’s R&D labs in Israel on Sunday, revealing details about the next-generation hardware interface protocol, Thunderbolt 5. Likely to be dubbed as Thunderbolt 5, the hardware interface protocol is expected to offer twice as much speed as the current-generation.

Intel seems to be working on the next generation of Thunderbolt technology.
