Already in its second generation, the Thunderbolt I/O protocol has been around for three years, but only recently did manufacturers begin production of optical cables to deliver the tentpole feature ...

At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco this week, Corning has announced that it has been granted an Intel certification for Thunderbolt Optical Cables by Corning, the first all-optical fiber ...

Corning ( GLW 0.12%) has supplied the glass for Apple 's iPhone since 2007, but its stock rocketed higher by 84% last year ...

Several factors are driving the popularity of optical fiber cabling. Chief among those is the growth of high-tech applications that require the massive bandwidth fiber-optic cabling makes possible.

For more than a year Intel has talked about graduating from copper wires to fiber optics for Thunderbolt ports on Apple’s Macs, and Sumitomo Electric Industries has became one of the first companies ...

Imagine being able to instantaneously run an optical cable or fiber to any point on Earth, or even into space. Researchers now report using an 'air waveguide' to enhance light signals collected from ...

Thunderbolt ports on Apple’s current Macintosh computers will be compatible with upcoming fiber optic cables, which should be ready by next year, an Intel spokesman said. The exact timing and prices ...

Vocus Communications is installing a new fibre optic cable with a 1,728 fibre count -- 12 times the fibre count of typical network cables with a similar diameter. The initial cable, which Vocus is ...

Recently another group in my building did a "cleanup" and there were a few boxes of random stuff they were throwing out. After looking through some of it the only thing I found that may be of any ...

Google Fiber is looking to begin installing fiber-optic cables in Leander after the city approved an agreement allowing the company to use public right of way.