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Key facts
- Designer
- Apple Intel
- Manufacturer
- Various
- Produced
- Since 24 February 2011 ; 15 years ago ( 2011-02-24 )
- Superseded
- IEEE 1394 (FireWire) ExpressCard
- Length
- Up to 3 meters (10 ft) ( copper ) Up to 60 meters (200 ft) ( optical )
- Width
- 7.4 mm plug (8.3 mm receptacle)
- Height
- 4.5 mm plug (5.4 mm receptacle)
- Hot pluggable
- Yes
- Daisy chain
- Up to 6 devices Thunderbolt 4: Hub support
- External
- Yes
- Audio signal
- Via DisplayPort protocol or USB-based external audio cards. Supports audio through HDMI converters.
- Video signal
- Via DisplayPort protocol