Sumitomo Electric Starts Sample Shipments of Thunderbolt Cables

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (TOKYO:5802)(ISIN:JP3407400005) has commenced sample shipments of Thunderbolt electrical cables. These cables are scheduled to be marketed in October of this year.

Thunderbolt is a new high-speed PC connection technology developed by Intel Corporation that provides for data rates of 10 Gbps and supports both PCI Express and DisplayPort with its dual-protocol solution. This technology is utilized in Thunderbolt cables that contain high-speed signal processing circuits in their connectors. Working with technical specifications for Thunderbolt technology provided by Intel, we have succeeded in merging our advanced cable technology, with the high-speed transmission technology to develop Thunderbolt electrical cables.

We have commenced sample shipments of the Thunderbolt electrical cables. These cables are scheduled to be used for a demonstration at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) to be held from September 13 through 15, 2011.

Mr. Jason Ziller, who is director of Thunderbolt Planning and Marketing at Intel, offers the following comments about the Thunderbolt cables that we have developed.

"Thunderbolt is a revolutionary new high-speed interconnect technology that will enable new usages and change how computers and peripheral devices connect. We are excited to have Sumitomo cables in the market to help expand the availability of this technology."

Sumitomo Electric has scheduled to market the cables from October 2011. We will be providing the electrical cables to PC and peripheral device manufacturers.

*Intel and the Intel logo, and Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are registered trademarks of the Intel Corporation in the US and other countries.
*PCI Express is a trademark or registered trademark of PCI-SIG.
*DisplayPort is a trademark or registered trademark of Video Electronics Standards Association.