By Jason Ziller, General Manager – Client Connectivity Division, Intel
CES 2018 was a great showcase for many exciting new Thunderbolt™ 3 based products. During the event there were more than 15 new PCs and more than 30 new peripherals launched. There were new Notebook and Desktop PC designs announced and a variety of peripheral types including Displays, Storage, Docks, External Graphics, and more which clearly showcased the significant growth of the Thunderbolt 3 ecosystem.
- Many new PCs were launched with Thunderbolt 3 ports, including the initial 8th Gen Intel® Core™ processor with Radeon™* RX Vega M graphics designs from HP, Dell, and Intel, and CES award winning designs from Dell and Lenovo.
- Thunderbolt 3 enabled Displays are being established as a new and growing category for the Thunderbolt ecosystem, with seven displays launched at CES including award winning designs from LG and Samsung.
- Portable non-volatile memory express (NVMe) solid state drive (SSD) based storage is another new Thunderbolt 3 category being established, with several new devices being announced at CES, including products from leading brands like Dell and HP
- Thunderbolt 3 docks, external graphics, and other categories continue to expand, with several new products being announced in each of these categories.
With so many new Thunderbolt 3 enabled products launching, we wanted to provide a short summary of key points to note:
Here are highlights on many of the new Thunderbolt 3 products and industry awards announced last week at CES 2018.
Thunderbolt 3 enabled PCs:
- Dell
- XPS 15 2-in-1 with 8th Gen Intel® Core™ processor with Radeon™* RX Vega M graphics
- Tom’s Hardware: Best Laptop
- Stuff: CES Hot Stuff 2018 - Laptops & Computers
- Reviewed.com: Editor’s Choice Award
- XPS 13
- CES 2018 Innovation Award Honoree
- Stuff: CES Hot Stuff 2018 - Laptops & Computers
- Reviewed.com: Editor’s Choice Award
- DigitalTrends: Top Tech Computing
- Mashable: Best Tech of CES 2018
- Latitude 7390
- Latitude 7490
- Latitude 7390 2-in-1
- Latitude 5290 2-in-1
- XPS 15 2-in-1 with 8th Gen Intel® Core™ processor with Radeon™* RX Vega M graphics
- Lenovo
- Thinkpad X1 Carbon
- Thinkpad X1 Yoga
- arsTechnica: Best laptop or convertible
- Thinkpad X1 Tablet
- ThinkPad X280
- CES awards: Stuff: Laptops & Computers
- Reviewed.com: Editor’s Choice Award
- ThinkPad T580
- ThinkPad T480
- ThinkPad T480s
- ThinkPad X380 Yoga
- HP
- Spectre x360 15 with 8th Gen Intel® Core™ processor with Radeon™* RX Vega M graphics
- Spectre x360 15 with 8th Gen Intel® Core™ U-Series
- More PCs
- Intel NUC Hades Canyon with 8th Gen Intel® Core™ processor with Radeon™* RX Vega M graphics
- Tom’s Hardware: Best Mini PC
- HotHardware: Best of CES
- BBen GB03 X-Mini Gaming Box
- Intel NUC Hades Canyon with 8th Gen Intel® Core™ processor with Radeon™* RX Vega M graphics
Thunderbolt 3 enabled Peripherals:
- Displays
- Asus ProArt PA27AC HDR Professional Monitor
- Lenovo ThinkVision X1 (27”) monitor
- Lenovo ThinkVision P32u monitor
- DigitalTrends: Best Monitors of CES
- LG 32UK950 32” 4K monitor
- CES 2018 CES Innovation Award Honoree – Computer Peripherals
- LG 34WK95U 34” 5K monitor
- Samsung CJ791 curved monitor
- CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree
- Viewsonic VP2768-4K monitor
- Storage
- Dell Portable Thunderbolt™ 3 SSD
- DJI SSD card reader
- HP P800 SSD
- CES 2018 Innovation Award
- OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt™ 3 (SSD)
- OWC ThunderBay4 Thunderbolt™ 3
- OWC Thunderblade V4
- Patriot EVLVR SSD
- Plugable Thunderbolt™ 3 480GB NVME SSD Drive
- Phison: Thunderbolt 3 SSD with Phison E7 Controller
- AtechFlash Blackjet UX-1 card reader dock
- QNAP TVS-1282TB Thunderbolt 3 NAS
- Videomaker Magazine’s ‘Best Products for 2017’ Award for Best Storage
- Docks
- eGfx
- Asus ROG Station PRO eGFX
- Lenovo eGFX dock
- Zotac AMP Box
- Zotac AMP Box Mini
- Adapters
Again, congratulations to the entire Thunderbolt community on your outstanding contributions, we are off to an excellent start in 2018.
Cheers,
Jason
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