Just last week, Sumitomo Electric got the “world’s first” Thunderbolt optical cable certification and announced it would mass-produce the cables immediately. At any rate, you bet we’ll stop by Corning’s booth for a closer look next week’s CES. No launch date or pricing has been provided for the cables-only that they will be available sometime during the first quarter of this year. Corning plans to unveil a USB 3 cable as well. Corning’s new cable, perfect for plugging peripherals into supported Macs and moving away from copper core cables, will ship in lengths of 10, 20, and 30 meters and boast the same data transfer speeds of up to 10GBbps. Ahead of CES 2013 taking place in Las Vegas next week, Corning has unveiled a new optical Thunderbolt cable for folks who need extra long-reaching Thunderbolt access (perhaps to storage closets or for dummy terminals).
