LaCie issued a press release today announcing an update to its Little Big Disk Thunderbolt series that now includes a pair of 2.5-inch SATA III SSDs. The new Little Big Disk provides read speeds up to 635MB/s, according to the company, approximately a 33 percent increase from the previous generation. It is also capable of daisy chaining up to six devices via its dual Thunderbolt ports:

An example of just how quick the it is: LaCie said the new Little Big Disk can transfer a 50GB project in under two minutes or edit six uncompressed 422 streams simultaneously…

The new Little Big Disk Thunderbolt series starts at $699 for 512GB and up to $999 for 1TB, and it comes with a Thunderbolt cable. The company noted the 1TB model offers an “unheard of price that dips below $1.00 per gigabyte with a Thunderbolt cable included.”