Intel ’s high speed bolt of lightning interconnect technology , found primarily on Apple ’s side of the computing fence , enjoyed a large workweek at theNational Association of Broadcasters Showin Las Vegas . As the push for higher - resolution video continues to grow , so do the file size , construct the need for faster sustainable throughput ever dandy .
Which is why Intel pick out NAB — the yearly get - together for video pros with gamey - last equipment demands — to announce that the next generation of Thunderbolt is coming . It will double throughput from today ’s 10Gb per second to 20Gb per second .
A faster Thunderbolt is evidently big news for theperipheral - connexion technologythat made its unveiling two years ago . But it was n’t the only Thunderbolt - centric news show to come out of NAB 2013 . Here ’s a unit of ammunition - up of other product announcements get out of Las Vegas — most of which centering around storage — that you may have lack .
Blackmagic Multidock
Blackmagic Designshowed off its newMulitDock , a rackmounted drive envelopment with dockage slots that reserve for easy insertion and mounting of drives . The MultiDock connects to your Mac or personal computer via Thunderbolt and allows you to pop in up to four 2.5 - in hard drives or SSDs as if they were cartridge . Once tuck , you could make RAID array with the drives or simply habituate them individually .
Echo Express III - R
Sonnet Technologyshowed its latest Thunderbolt elaboration products , theEcho Express III - D and III - R , which rent you plug up to three full length , full height , PCIe expansion cards ( like those that mass used to punch into Mac Pros until Apple apparently forgot that it sold pro desktops ) . The D and R in the product epithet name to the form factor : The ergocalciferol is a desktop envelopment and the radius is a 2U rackmount enclosure . They ’ll cost $ 979 and $ 1179 , respectively , when they send this August .
T3 foray
CalDigitannounced its newT3 RAID , a three - drive outside enclosure that attach to your Mac via Thunderbolt . It features two Thunderbolt port for daisy - chain other Thunderbolt peripheral and obliterable driving force trays , which make it soft to swap drives out in case of failure or when you want to raise . you could configure the T3 RAID as RAID 0 for upper , use two of the drives in a mirrored RAID 1 array , or apply all three as autonomous drives . The T3 foray will be available in both SSD and HDD constellation . Due in July , damage for the hard drive version will be $ 699 for 6 TB and $ 1199 for a 12 TB model ; CalDigit has not settle prices for the SSD configuration .
Thunderbolt Station
CalDigit also showed off its newThunderbolt Stationwhich extend proprietor of Thunderbolt - equipped Macs and microcomputer similar connexion option as Apple ’s Thunderbolt Display . only relate one Thunderbolt cable television from the dock to your Mac and you now have approach to three USB 3.0 ports , another Thunderbolt port , Gb ethernet , HDMI , and disjoined audio in and out ports . The Thunderbolt station should also be available in July of this year for $ 199 .
G - Drive PRO with Thunderbolt
G - Technology used the show to introduce the G - Drive Pro with Thunderbolt . This desktop hard private road has dual Thunderbolt ports for daisy - chaining devices . G - Technology claim speeds like to SSD , but with the high capacities of standard difficult drives . Two configurations of the G - Drive Pro with Thunderbolt , a 2 TB and 4 TB version , will be useable this Summer at $ 700 and $ 850 , severally .
G - DOCK ev
Also Modern from G - Technology , is the G - Dock electron volt with Thunderbolt , the first of the companionship ’s new Evolution line of storage product . The G - Dock ev comes with two removable 1 TB knockout drive modules that fit into the dock and can be configured as RAID 0 , RAID 1 , or JBOD . When not tuck into the G - Dock ev , the modules can be used with USB 3.0 , making it easy to shuttle drives back and forth . fill up them with data quickly with Thunderbolt , and then associate them to just about any calculator using USB .
