You are right. I forgot about LightPeak, which was designed to work over optical cables. Apple came in when Intel decided to build a version for standardized c

You are right. I forgot about LightPeak, which was designed to work over optical cables. Apple came in when Intel decided to build a version for standardized cables, and helped Intel develop the spec (and even supplied the name). But my point remains. Apple knows Thunderbolt as well as Intel does by this time.