Now is an Excellent Time to Upgrade Your Thunderbolt™ 2 Devices

If you’re still using Thunderbolt™ 2 storage or network adapters in your media production workflow, it might be a good time to consider upgrading to Thunderbolt 3 adapters.

Because the workstation is central to media workflows, you most likely have a newer workstation or are thinking about one. Indeed, it is oftentimes the element of a production environment that is upgraded first. Late-model PC workstations and all Apple® products all have Thunderbolt 3 connectivity.

Thunderbolt 3 was a major upgrade over Thunderbolt 2. So, if you’re using Thunderbolt 2 devices with a Thunderbolt 3 enabled computer you’re getting only half the performance available while using twice the power and adding clutter to your workspace thanks to needed dongles.

The first generation of Thunderbolt (Thunderbolt 1 as it’s commonly referred to now) appeared in 2011. It was based on PCI-E 2.0 and featured 10Gb/s bandwidth. Thunderbolt 2 followed in 2013 with double the PCI-E 2.0 lanes and accordingly double the bandwidth at 20Gb/s. Both of these used a mini-DisplayPort connector.

Thunderbolt 3 arrived in 2015 based on four PCI-E 3.0 channels with 40Gb/s bandwidth while consuming half the power (and providing up to 100 watts of power at the same time). The specification also changed the connector type to USB-C which forced the use of dongles for backward compatibility.

By upgrading to an ATTO ThunderLink® Thunderbolt 3 adapter you get the latest bandwidth specification and therefore the fastest speeds with the most convenience and flexibility. More speed and bandwidth mean a much smoother workflow even with the largest projects. With Thunderbolt 4 just now appearing in new hosts, your investment will benefit you today and well into the future because Thunderbolt 3 is fully compatible with Thunderbolt 4 with no performance penalties whatsoever.

Get the speed you need, set yourself up for the future, rid yourself of the dongles and save on power with our range of ATTO ThunderLink Thunderbolt 3 adapters!

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