Sumitomo Electric to Exhibit Thunderbolt™4 and Thunderbolt™5 Cables at InfoComm 2024

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. is pleased to announce that it will exhibit at InfoComm 2024, the premier audiovisual exhibition in North America. The event will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. from June 12 to 14, 2024.

InfoComm 2024 will feature audiovisual products, including audio, displays, digital signage, and virtual reality. In 2023, 700 companies exhibited at the event, attracting approximately 30,000 visitors from 115 countries.

Sumitomo Electric will exhibit the Thunderbolt™4 cables and Thunderbolt™5 cables (Intel certified in May 2024), which support the latest Thunderbolt™ standard for high-speed transmission and fast charging between personal computers and peripherals.
These products are ideal for connecting high-performance docking stations, 4K/8K displays, and external graphics boards due to its high-speed data transfer.

We are looking forward to your visit at our booth.

Exhibition Information

(Reference: Thunderbolt™ cable)
・Sumitomo Electric is an Intel-certified design partner responsible for Thunderbolt™ development.
・The first Thunderbolt™, released in 2011, achieved a maximum transmission speed of 10 Gbps (twice as fast as USB 3.0 at the time). Since then, 20 Gbps was achieved with Thunderbolt2™ in 2013, 40 Gbps with Thunderbolt™3 released in 2015 and Thunderbolt™4 compliant with USB4 in 2020, and 80 Gbps with the Thunderbolt™5 to be released in August 2024.
・Thunderbolt™ cables automatically recognize the characteristics of each device and perform optimal data transfer^*1 and charging^*2  simply by connecting to devices such as hard disk drives and displays.
・Equipped with a USB Type-C connector, Thunderbolt™ cables are compact and can be connected without minding their orientation.
・Sumitomo Electric’s micro flex coaxial cables  exhibit excellent flexibility and exceptional resistance to bending. These cables are expected to play a pivotal role in docking stations, facilitating efficient and space-saving connections between personal computers and peripherals, as well as enabling seamless integration with 4K/8K displays.
・Thunderbolt™ cables support both daisy-chain connections and star connections^*3 using a hub with up to four Thunderbolt™4 ports, allowing for flexible device configurations.

Daisy-chain connections

*1 Thunderbolt™ 3/4/5, USB 2/3/4 series, DisplayPort 1.4/2.1
*2 Fast-charging up to 240W.
*3 A form of connection in which several devices are radially connected around a network device.

■Thunderbolt™4 Cable Official Site
https://sumitomoelectric.com/products/thunderbolt4

・Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.