Sabrent will soon launch the new portable drives using Thunderbolt 5 protocol. The product series is named Rocket XTRM5 where 5 stands for Thunderbolt 5.
Sabrent’s focus is to provide a fast, portable media for your on-the-go requirements.
The drives will be compatible with the Microsoft Windows and Linux. The Thunderbolt 5 is backward compatible with Thunderbolt 4 but you would not get the intended TB5 speeds on the TB4.
Sabrent will launch three storage capacity drives starting from 1TB and a maximum of 4TB.
The new Thunderbolt 5 protocol is rated for a whopping 80Gbps compared to the 40Gbps on the Thunderbolt 4. This is a huge leap in the technological advancement where the portable drives could match or even exceed the speeds of the PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSDs.
Sabrent will use aluminum shell to act as a heat transfer media. The drives will have monitoring functions.
The drives don’t need external power since they use bus power for a simple connectivity.
Stay tuned for more updates and pricing information along availability of these new drives. I have tested Sabrent Thunderbolt 4 drive which is still being used on the test bench where required. I am hoping to see some Thunderbolt 5 stuff soon for testing.
