StarTech.com Launches Thunderbolt™ 3 Cables

Northampton, UK – March 15, 2016 - StarTech.com today launched Thunderbolt™ 3 cables – the USB-C cables that do it all. For the first time, a single cable can connect to Thunderbolt, USB, and DisplayPort devices. Thunderbolt 3 cables provide four times the data and twice the video bandwidth of any other cable, while also supplying power. They are unrivaled for cable simplification, 4K video, single-cable docks with notebook charging, external graphics, fast storage, and Thunderbolt 10 GbE networking.

There are two types of Thunderbolt 3 USB-C cables (20Gb/s and 40Gb/s) with different cable markings. The 40Gb/s cables are available in lengths of 0.5m (TBLT34MM50CM), and the 20Gb/s cables are available in lengths of 1m and 2m (TBLT3MM1M and TBLT3MM2M, respectively). These highly anticipated cables are the first release of many more Thunderbolt 3 cables and products from Startech.com.

StarTech.com Thunderbolt™ 3 (20Gb/s1) USB-C cables support these devices and capabilities:

• Thunderbolt 3
• USB3.1 (5Gb/s) and USB3.1 (10Gb/s)
• Display Port3
• Up to 60W/3A power delivery

StarTech.com Thunderbolt™ 3 (40Gb/s2) USB-C cables support these devices and capabilities:

• Thunderbolt 3
• USB3.1 (5Gb/s) and USB3.1 (10Gb/s)
• Up to 60W/3A power delivery

“Thunderbolt 3 USB-C cables offer breakthrough performance and unmatched simplicity,” said Ellard Teeple, Chief Technology Officer at StarTech.com. “Like USB previously, they will transform how we work and play for the next 20 years.”

The Thunderbolt 3 cables are available at Insight, Misco, Amazon.co.uk and Dabs and is also distributed by Enta, Ingram Micro and Exertis.

Stay tuned for more Thunderbolt 3 product updates throughout 2016.