LaCie (www.lacie.com) says that the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series, design by Neil Poulton, now features a SATA III SSDs (6Gb/s interface). With read speeds up to 635MB/s, the LaCie Little Big Disk is the fastest portable Thunderbolt solution on the market, the company claims.

The 1.4-pound drive can transfer a 50GB project in less than two minutes or edit six uncompressed 422 streams at the same time. The product features a pair of 2.5-inch SATA III SSDs. A RAID array can be configured using the Mac OS Disk Utility for performance (RAID 0) or security (RAID 1). The Little Big Disk Thunderbolt supports daisy chaining up to six compatible devices such as displays and other peripherals.

The LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series SSD is available in 512GB and 1TB capacities through the LaCie Online Store and LaCie Storage Partners starting at the suggested retail price of US$699. The Thunderbolt cable is included with the purchase.