Intel just introduced Thunderbolt Share, a new software solution which was already announced to us at CES 2024 and which, thanks to the high speed of the Thunderbolt connection and its low latency, represents an exceptional improvement in the sharing of all types of resources between two or more systems, which has been happening for decades. .

As can be easily deduced from the name, Thunderbolt Share is a solution built to share all types of resources via Thunderbolt, either in its latest specification or in its predecessor, which, due to its age, is found in multiple systems on the market. So we can establish a direct connection between two computers, but we can also do it with a Thunderbolt hub and even with a monitor that has two or more ports of this type.

As you may have already deduced, this tells us that Thunderbolt Share not only allows you to create a connection between two computers to share files with each other, It also facilitates the sharing of other peripherals such as monitors, keyboards, mice, etc.which therefore allows more fluidity in usage scenarios involving more than one computer, for example when we work with a desktop and a laptop, which is a very common use case.

As you already know, the speed of Thunderbolt is more than remarkable, because in the case of Thunderbolt 4 we are talking about 40 Gbps, which is double, 80 Gbps, in the case of Thunderbolt 5 and in both cases with really low latency. This not only allows the transfer of large files between the two systems, but also provides us with the type of connectivity necessary to 1080p 60fps screen sharing without compression.

Thunderbolt Share is a licensed technology, which means that manufacturers and assemblers of compatible devices will be able to start offering it to their users. And the good news in that regard is that with this initial announcement, several companies have already been confirmed to be offering it, such as ACER, Belkin, Kensington, Lenovo, MSI, Razer and more. So everything points to the fact that its adoption will be widespread in a short time. The first devices and peripherals compatible with Thunderbolt Share will hit the market during the second half of this year.

With this technology we can avoid the need for a KVM switch for example to share a keyboard, mouse and monitor between two computers while sharing assets on the same computer or even displaying an image of both on the monitor at the same time. So its usefulness is more than remarkable, and everything points to the fact that in time it will become a must-have for anyone who works with two or more computers.

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