JMR Compact PCIe SSD With Thunderbolt2 Interface

JMR Electronics, Inc. announced its compact PCIe Flash Drive with Thunderbolt2 interface at NAB 2015 show,.

The portable bus-powered drive requiring no external power source, available in 128, 256 and 512GB (1TB available Q3) storage capacities, is the performance alternative to USB thumb drives, portable SATA based HDD drives and current SSD storage products in the market. The PCIe-based Thunderbolt2 equipped drive easily connects to a compatible Mac or Windows computer with a Thunderbolt interface, or at the end of a Thunderbolt device daisy chain, via its attached Thunderbolt cable.

Company’s PCIe flash drive leverages the latest generation M.2 PCIe SSD module, which is the fastest standard SSD type now available, is coupled with a 20Gb/s Thunderbolt2 interface that provides sustained file transfer speeds of over 1,000 MB/s. The unit incorporates a PCIe Generation 3 flash controller, enabling it to outperform 6Gb SATA SSDs and USB 3.0 flash drives. The flash drive is also compatible with OS X 10.8.5+ (including Yosemite), Windows 8 and 7, and Windows Server 2012 and 2008.

To keep the size compact, the flash drive sports a proprietary heat sink technology integrated into the rugged aluminum enclosure to transfer heat away from the SSD, thus extending its life span while offering complete silent operation.

“Our new PCIe flash drive is the ideal, portable and ultra light-weight storage complement for creative professionals, digital imaging technicians and cinematographers needing a high performance shuttle drive capable of easily recording and playing back HD, 2K and 4K video content for in-house and offsite workflows – from viewing and editing digital dailies, to being used as a scratch disk or ruggedized transport medium,” said Josef Rabinovitz, president and CEO, JMR. “I believe that new PCIe flash drive technologies such as ours will quickly displace current professional portable storage offerings, while setting new milestones for performance, portability and affordability for the industry.“