ACASIS is a new product we found on Kickstarter that promises to be a jack of all trades: it’s an SSD enclosure for fast M.2 SSDs, but it also acts as a 10-in-1 USB-C hub with Ethernet, HDMI, SD card reader, USB ports, and audio I/O. The company behind ACASIS has been founded in 2010 but this is their first ever Kickstarter project. It’s basically a two-in-one device: An milled aluminium M.2 SSD enclosure for connecting these fast drives to your computer via USB-C (no Thunderbolt to be found here). But it also is a complete USB-C hub for connecting all kinds of devices to your laptop or recent (USB-C) Apple iPad. That way you have one pocketable device which does it all. Image Credit: ACASIS Meet ACASIS These tiny M.2 SSDs are usually found as internal drives in laptops, as modern laptops tend to get slimmer and slimmer. These drives are quite fast, but since they are meant to be used inside computers, they usually come as barebone units, so you need some sort of enclosure with some sort of data transfer interface. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/34992722/acasis-swappable-high-speed-ssd-storage-and-10-in-1-hub Taking the stage is the ACASIS. It offers an M.2 NVMe/SATA tray that holds anything from 22×30, 22×42, 22×60, all the way up to full-sized 22×80 M.2s. These can be sourced with a capacity of up to 8TB, if you require. The ACASIS connects to the host laptop/computer/tablet via USB-C 3.1 Gen 2, so you get transfer rates of up to 1000 MB/s. That’s a...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 21 May, 2021