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Promise Technology Showcases Pegasus5 R12 Thunderbolt 5 Storage Solutions at NAB 2026
“The Pegasus line has evolved with each generation of Thunderbolt to become a flagship storage system for PROMISE and a well-established brand within the creator community.” said Alice Chang, Chief Marketing Officer for PROMISE. “As M&E production technology evolves, we continue to keep pace, not only with Thunderbolt but also with the leaps in performance required for AI optimized storage systems.”
“PROMISE customers demand top-tier performance,” said Ben Hacker, General Manager, Client Connectivity Division at Intel. “With Thunderbolt 5, PROMISE adds industry leading connectivity to its storage solutions, achieving 80 Gbps of bidirectional bandwidth to dramatically reduce transfer times for data-intensive creators.”
Demand is driven by ultra-high-resolution formats (4K-12K), generative AI, cloud collaboration, streaming growth, and long-term archiving. PROMISE brings over a decade of post-production expertise using Thunderbolt; as well as cutting edge NVMe-oF shared storage for AI-driven workflows requiring extreme throughput, low latency, and smart features like predictive optimization and anomaly detection.
Live Demonstrations at NAB 2026
- Pegasus5 R12 Pro – Mac workflow: With Apple Mac (M5, macOS Tahoe), ~6,000 MB/s for Final Cut Pro using internal NVMe scratch.
- Pegasus5 R12 – Windows workflow: With HP Fury G1i and Adobe Premiere, GPU-accelerated editing plus PROMISE plug-in.
- Pegasus5 M8 – Compact Thunderbolt 5: Multi-GB/s via 8× NVMe on MacBook; ideal for AI plugins in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere, Flame.
- Pegasus5 N4 – Ultra-compact 4× NVMe with Thunderbolt 5 for mobile/on-location editing and AI tools.
- VTrak 8206 – NVMe AI server: Low-latency, scalable for AI training/inference and 8K editing with HP ZGX Nano, NVMe-oF, VTrak J5960; app-agnostic.
- Vess A8340 – Hybrid server: Intel Xeon 6, multi-GPU, NVMe/HDD; onboard AI for video indexing, tagging, subtitles to boost streaming/VOD.
