Thunderbolt 3 SSD Drive

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Does G-Tech have plans to introduce an external SSD Drive with a Thunderbolt 3 port?

I recognize such a drive could require a high price, although once economies of scale took hold, price could well come down to a moderate level for the buying public. But, an external SSD drive utilizing full TB3 speed (through a TB3 cable) would be a strong product in G-Tech’s offering of external drives. …My MacBook Pro 15 (Late 2016) has 4 TB3 ports, and I’m disappointed there’s hardly any options, from drive manufacturers, taking advantage of TB3 technology (with TB3 cables). I wince every time I have to plug my USB-C drive into a TB3 port and lose half the speed capability of the TB3 port. …:cry:

BTW, I’m currently using a 1TB G-Drive mobile USB-C. Works fine, but really want an SSD - TB3 drive in order to get away from spinning disks for a mobile drive.

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We currently have a SSD with USB-C, TB3 will not increase the performance. As it is right now USB 3 is capable of the performance cap of the SSD. In the future with higher performance SSDs, M.2, NVME,etc it might be necessary to use TB3 but not currently.

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Are you saying SSD speed, based upon current technology, is limited to USB 3.1 (USB-C) theoretical 10 Gbps speed?

Or, that TB3 40 Gbps theoretical max speed-capable SSDs have not yet been manufactured for external drives?

BTW, I’m unfamiliar with M.2, NVME. Please detail a bit more what those standards are about. Thanks.