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FAQ | HP ZBook G3 Mobile Workstations
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3
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Intel announced earlier this year Thunderbolt
TM
3 becoming the industry’s fastest and most versatile connection over the
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™
3
3
provides the highest speed I/O and is required by the most demanding users to
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Studio/15/17 Mobile Workstations with dual Thunderbolt
TM

market but also allow for added capabilities by connecting to the new ZBook Dock w Thunderbolt
™
and still having a
native Thunderbolt
TM
3 available for use on the system.
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Thunderbolt
™

Thunderbolt
™


TM
3 ports. The ZBook 15u and other Elitebook products

TM

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Thunderbolt
™

Port    
TM
2 
TM
3
Port connector    Mini DisplayPort 
 5 Gb/s 5 Gb/s   
  


PCle, DisplayPort 

 All ZBooks ZBooks G3:
• ZBook 15u
ZBook G3:
• ZBook Studio
• ZBook 15
• ZBook 17
ZBook G2:
• ZBook 15
• ZBook 17
ZBook G3:
• 
• ZBook 15
• ZBook 17
Note

and EliteBook G3
series is spec’ed as

Thunderbolt
TM
3 port

host controller

TM
2 port supported on
ZBooks G2

TM

on ZBooks G3
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• Thunderbolt
TM
3 is a super-set port supporting multiple protocols over a single connection simultaneously: DisplayPort

• 
• 
• Power—15 W to bus-powered devices
• Daisy chain up to 6 Thunderbolt
TM
devices
• Connectivity with the HP ZBook Dock with Thunderbolt™ 3

The HP ZBook 15u G3 are highly mobile workstation platforms that do not have the same throughput requirements as
the HP ZBook 15 and 17 products. With a highly portable chassis, the HP ZBook 15u G3 meets the needs of the target
customers’ demanding performance and portability at a value. Even though Thunderbolt
™



Thunderbolt
™
3

3
?
Bandwidth, connector, and protocols. Thunderbolt
™

™
3
Thunderbolt
TM
2 supports DisplayPort 1.2 and PCIe devices over a single port. Thunderbolt
TM
3 supports DisplayPort 1.2,

TM
2 was standardized over a

TM

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