<A target="_blank" href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/wires-we-don-8217t-need-no-stinking-wires-gigabit-wi-fi/729">Intel's Thunderbolt technology is set to provide 10Gbps (Gigabit per second) speeds</A> for wired devices, like your desktop machine. Other technologies, like 802.11ac, 802.11ad, Wireless Gigabit, and Wi-Fi Direct, are trying to provide gigabit speeds for wireless connections.