Thunderbolt 3 Products by Sonnet Technologies

At this year’s NAB Show, Sonnet Technologies, Inc. will showcase its first products featuring Thunderbolt 3, highlighting the technology’s performance capabilities with the Fusion Thunderbolt 3 PCIe flash drive.

Fusion Thunderbolt 3 PCIe flash drive

This rugged, pocket-sized SSD storage device is capable of transferring data at speeds of over 2,000MB/s, and is equipped with 512GB of flash storage. The Fusion flash drive is an alternative to portable SATA-based HDD drives, SSD storage devices, and USB thumb drives. It connects to any Windows computer with a Thunderbolt 3 port via an attached 0.5-meter Thunderbolt 3 (40Gb/s) cable. Measuring a compact 2.8 inches wide by 4.1 inches deep by 1.25 inches tall, this flash drive features a fanless aluminum enclosure that enables silent operation. The device is bus-powered and so requires no power adapter.

xMac Pro Server
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xMac family of Thunderbolt 2-to-PCIe card expansion systems and rackmount computer enclosures
At the 2016 NAB Show, the firm will feature its xMac Pro Server and xMac mini Server, rackmount solutions for Mac Pro and Mac mini computers that offer Thunderbolt 2-to-PCIe expansion. The Avid-qualified xMac Pro Server securely mounts the newest-model Mac Pro horizontally inside a specially designed 4U modular enclosure, connecting three PCIe 2.0 slots via Thunderbolt 2 technology, and providing space to install additional equipment in two 5.25-inch mobile rack bays. Through the installation of optional Mobile Rack Device Mounting Kits into the xMac Pro Server, users can easily connect HDDs, SSDs, and other devices to the Mac Pro.

xMac mini Server
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The xMac mini Server securely mounts a Mac mini inside a specially designed 1U rackmount enclosure and connects two PCIe 2.0 slots via Thunderbolt 2 technology, enabling users to harness the power of full-size, performance PCIe cards. The xMac mini Server includes a Thunderbolt 2 interface to support maximum performance with the Mac mini, and is the quietest model yet.

Echo Express SE II

Echo Express Thunderbolt 2-to-PCIe card expansion systems
The versatile Echo Express family of Thunderbolt 2-to-PCIe card expansion chassis, available in one, two, or three-PCIe slot configurations, enable computers with Thunderbolt ports to interface with a variety of performance PCIe cards. At the 2016 NAB Show, the firm will feature the Avid-qualified Echo Express III-D(desktop) and Echo Express III-R (rackmount) chassis, the first devices of their kind to ship with 20Gbps Thunderbolt 2 interfaces. Both systems support up to three full-length, full-height, single-width PCIe cards with one x16 and two x8 PCIe slots. Also on display will be the dual-slot Echo Express SE II and the single-slot Echo Express SE I, compact and lightweight desktop chassis that accommodates a half-length (up to 7.75 inches long), full-height PCIe card and include an additional slot space to mount an adjacent daughter card. The Echo Express SEL, an even more compact and lightweight desktop chassis accommodating a single low-profile PCIe expansion card, will be on hand.

Echo 15+ Thunderbolt 2 dock front and rear
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Echo 15+ Thunderbolt 2 dock
The company will show the Echo 15+ Thunderbolt 2 Dock, a featured docking station for computers with Thunderbolt ports. It enables users to connect multiple devices to a central hub, and then connect to all of them with a single cable. The Echo 15+ features four USB 3.0, two 6Gbps eSATA, one FireWire 800, one GbE, two 3.5 mm audio input, two 3.5mm audio output, and two Thunderbolt 2 interfaces. It includes an 8x DVD±RW drive, a Blu-ray BD-ROM/8x DVD±RW drive with Blu-ray player software for OS X, or a 4xBD-R/8x DVD±RW Blu-ray burner drive. The Echo 15+ provides the space, mounting support, and 6Gb/s interfaces for one or two internal SATA drives.