BREA, Calif., April 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- AKITIO today unveiled the Thunder3 PCIe SSD, the industry's fastest external storage solution designed to unleash the groundbreaking speed and simplicity of Thunderbolt™ 3.  Developed for high-speed transfer of large files, the Thunder3 PCIe SSD is the only product on the market today that combines the full PCIe Gen3 x4 bandwidth of Intel's 750 NVMe SSD with Thunderbolt 3's 40Gbps port, giving an unprecedented performance of 2500MB/s (2.5 Gigabytes per second) with a storage capacity of 1.2TB, the highest capacity PCIe SSD drive available today.

"The Thunder3 PCIe SSD is designed for creative professionals that truly value their time and need to transfer files as quickly as possible," said Richard Wright, VP of Sales & Marketing for Akitio.  "The revolutionary 40Gb/s bandwidth is essential for anyone looking to increase workflow productivity by significantly reducing the time it takes to transfer media content, whether it is for audio, photography, video or large data files."

About 8x faster than USB 3.1 Gen 1, the Thunder3 PCIe SSD is ideal for consumers and professionals who desire high capacity external storage with unmatched data transfer speeds.  It features two Thunderbolt 3 Ports as well as a DisplayPort video output to connect the latest 4K displays.  The second Thunderbolt 3 port operates the same as a Thunderbolt 3 computer port by supporting USB 3.1 (up to 10Gb/s), DisplayPort monitor or up to 5 daisy chained Thunderbolt 3 devices.  The rugged all-aluminum housing provides peace of mind reliability and consistently high performance under demanding conditions.

"Thunderbolt 3 delivers industry standard connectivity for external PCIe-based NVMe flash storage," said Jason Ziller, Director of Thunderbolt Marketing.  "This simple port breaks through the performance bottlenecks to unlock a productivity boost that photographers, videographers and gamers need."

Thunder3 PCIe SSD gives Sony Vegas, Adobe Premier, Photoshop and Lightroom, Corel VideoStudio, Pinnacle Studio and other users the ability to edit and playback multiple streams of HD and/or 4K content or manage thousands of RAW photographs.  Up to six Thunder3 PCIe SSDs can be daisy-chained together for increased storage capacity.

Pricing and Availably
The Akitio Thunder3 PCIe SSD will be available in early Q2'16 for $1,299.

About Thunderbolt 3
Thunderbolt 3 brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at speeds up to 40 Gb/s, creating one compact port that does it all – delivering the fastest, most versatile connection to any dock, display or data device. For the first time, one computer port connects to Thunderbolt devices, every display and billions of USB devices. A single cable now provides four times the data and twice the video bandwidth of any other cable, while also supplying power. 

About Akitio
Established in 1992, Akitio is an international company specializing in the design, development and manufacturing of premium, high-quality external computer storage products and accessories with an emphasis on Thunderbolt technology. Akitio is a leading Thunderbolt developer and currently have some of the fastest and highest capacity Thunderbolt products on the market. Akitio US Headquarters are located in Orange County, California.       

It all starts with Akitio!

*Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
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