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Sonnet Announces 8-Port 10Gbps USB-C PCIe 3.0 Adapter Card

New card offers four USB 3.2 Gen 2 controllers and PCIe 3.0 bridge chip, supports eight high-speed connections at the same time, and delivers 7.5 watts of power through each port.
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The new Sonnet Allegro Pro USB-C 8-Port PCIe card.

Sonnet Technologies has announced the introduction of the Allegro Pro USB-C 8-Port PCIe card, the latest offering in the company’s line of USB PCIe adapter cards that supplies eight external USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) Type-C ports and fits inside a single-width card space.

The new card is compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux computers with an available x16 PCIe slot, and Mac and Windows computers with Thunderbolt ports when installed in a Thunderbolt to PCIe card expansion system with an available x16 PCIe slot.

It enables users to connect and power up to eight high-performance USB peripherals to their computer at the same time and provides 10Gbps connection through each port. The card supports USB bus-powered SSD, SSD RAID, and hard drive devices with up to 7.5 watts of power to every port without the user having to connect auxiliary power to the card or AC power adapters to the devices for operation.

The company states that the it’s the only computer card available featuring four USB 3.2 Gen 2 controllers and eight external USB-C ports. Deliver of full 10Gbps bandwidth to each of the ports is accomplished by providing each USB controller access to two lanes of PCIe 3.0 bandwidth via an x8 PCIe 3.0 bridge chip, plus by implementing advanced data traffic management to eliminate bandwidth congestion.

Sonnet states that it designed the Allegro card with a focus on intelligent power management and delivery for powering connected drives through its ports to deliver reliable operation when multiple drives are connected. The card incorporates technologies that includie independent power regulation that isolates each port to prevent cross-coupled power glitches — such as when a hard drive spins up after connection — that may cause accidental disconnects of other connected devices.

The new Sonnet Allegro Pro USB-C 8-Port PCIe Card (part number USB3C-8PM-E) is available now from Sonnet and soon from channel partners worldwide at the suggested retail price of $399.99. Go here for more specifics.

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