New Sonnet Echo 13 SSD Dock. Image source: Sonnet
Sonnet has a new Thunderbolt 5 dock with four TB5 ports and an internal PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD slot that’ll work with your existing M-series Macs and ensure future compatibility with higher speeds.
Thunderbolt 5 is fresh to the market, and Sonnet didn’t waste any time getting the Echo 13 SSD Dock to the market. It adds plenty of ports and SSD storage up to 4TB to your Mac.
Since the Echo 13 SSD Dock is Thunderbolt 5 and is equipped with four Thunderbolt 5 ports, it is future-proofed for when companies like Apple embrace the spec. The ultra-fast spec allows bi-directional data bandwidth of 80Gbps, so support for two 8K displays is enabled on products that allow it.
Two of the downstream Thunderbolt 5 ports provide 15W each for charging and bus-powered device operation, while the third provides 60W.
In addition to the TB5 ports, users get four USB 3.2 Type A ports, a 2.5Gb Ethernet port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, SD, and microSD card slots. The connected Mac or PC gets up to 140W charging power and 120Gbps of video bandwidth.
Of the four USB-A ports, three are 10Gbps, and one is 5Gbps. The 10Gbps ports also include 7.5W of power that work even when the connected computer is powered off.
Sonnet also included a built-in PCIe 4.0 NVMe slot that supports M.2 SSDs with up to 6,100 MB/s data transfers. Users can configure the dock with a 1TB, 2TB, or 4TB Kingston SSD.
The Sonnet Echo 13 SSD Dock has plenty of ports and an M.2 slot. Image source: Sonnet
“The Echo 13 SSD Dock is just the beginning of our Thunderbolt 5 journey,” said Robert Farnsworth, CEO of Sonnet Technologies. “We are excited to deliver products that fully leverage the speed and flexibility of this next-generation technology.”
Get the Echo 13 Thunderbolt 5 SSD Dock with 4TB of storage starting in January with greater supply arriving in mid-March alongside the other storage options. The 4TB model is $669.99, the 2TB model is $499.99, and the 1TB model is $399.99.
