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CES 2026: Satechi Launches Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock

Satechi today announced its first Thunderbolt 5 product, a dock that has an included SSD enclosure for adding storage. The Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock with SSD Enclosure supports high-resolution multiple display setups, offering 80Gb/s bi-directional bandwidth with 120Gb/s Bandwidth Boost.

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The Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock has a 5x5x2-inch form factor, and it is designed from aluminum to match Apple devices. It includes a 180W power supply with 140W host charging, so it is able to work with Apple's largest laptops. It also includes 30W PD power for smartphones and tablets.

At the front of the CubeDock, there's a 30W/10Gb/s USB-C port, a headphone jack, a 10Gb/s USB-A port, an SD card slot, and a microSD card slot. The back features three downstream Thunderbolt 5 ports, a port for the power supply, a Thunderbolt 5 port to connect to a computer, a 10Gb/s USB-C port, a 10Gb/s USB-A port, and a 2.5Gb Ethernet port.

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There is an integrated NVMe SSD enclosure that supports up to 8TB at 6000MB/s. There is an active cooling system that Satechi says is "whisper quiet" for optimal performance during heavy workloads.

The CubeDock supports up to three 8K displays with 60Hz refresh rates on Windows PCs, or two 6K 60Hz displays on Macs. Multiple 4K displays with high refresh rates are supported as well.

Satechi is also debuting a new Thunderbolt 5 Pro cable that supports 80Gb/s bidirectional data transfer, 240W power delivery, and dual 8K 60Hz displays.

The Thunderbolt 5 CubeDock can be pre-ordered from Satechi for $400, and it is set to ship in the first quarter of 2026. The Thunderbolt 5 Pro Cable is available now for $40.

Top Rated Comments

orbital~debris Avatar
12 weeks ago
Thats cool and all, but can't Apple get an entire powerful personal computer in an enclosure that size?
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BillyJoeJimBob Avatar
12 weeks ago

Thats cool and all, but can't Apple get an entire powerful personal computer in an enclosure that size?
Apparently, Apple has discontinued the one computer that could do all of this and much more. And half the users here think that nobody needs a such a computer, just lots of docks, dongles, expanders, and workarounds that are ultimately just waste money and time.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
12 weeks ago
@bzgnyc2 "Does anyone know how something like this allocates the bandwidth?
...any one device can get up to full bandwidth while active but two devices talking to the host would gracefully share the available bandwidth?"


Bandwidth is dynamically allocated, so shared if the demand exceeds the total available.
But the NVM2e slot only has an allocation of 64 Gbps maximum, so there is enough additional bandwidth to run 4K monitors using DSC without dropping the SSD speed.

Because to this sharing, high bandwidth data channels, like PCIe for a NVMe slot, or a 10GbE port couldn't co-exist without significant drop in operation speeds.
So a TB5 dock will have only one, NVMe or 10GbE, not both.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
12 weeks ago
Literally almost the price of a Mac Mini.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
AusMness Avatar
12 weeks ago
I wonder how dimensionally similar this unit is to the M4 mini
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
12 weeks ago

Thats cool and all, but can't Apple get an entire powerful personal computer in an enclosure that size?
Except for the powerbutton 🤣
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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