FUD Zilla reports Intel will deliver its Redwood Ridge 2C and 4C Thunderbolt chips later this year. The launch date is scheduled for Q3 2013.
Redwood Ridge 4C 4510 is a host and device, supports four Thunderbolt channels 10Gbps Display Port v 1.1a with 2 sink and 1 source as well as new Display Port v 1.2 redriver. It is PCIe Gen 2 x1, x2 or x4 capable, has TDP or 3.1W and with Intel power optimizer in battery its idle power drops to below 1mW compared to 7mW in 2012 generation units.
The new Redwood Ridge 4C 4510 supports one or two connectors and fits the 12x12 mm FC-CSP with integrated SVR package. The runner up is Redwood Ridge 2C 4410, a host only device with two thunderbolt channels, 10Gbps and Display port 1.1a 2 sink or Display Port v1.2 redriver support. Display port v 1.2 brings a support for higher resolution, doubles the bandwidth to 17.28 Gbit/s as well as multiple independent monitor streams via daisy chain.
It needs 2.3W with one display or 2.45W with two display and still operates at t same less than 1mW idle power. It supports 1 connector and you will find them in Shark Bay notebooks, Haswell powered in 2013.
