Kingston at CES 2018: Nucleum, a Portable 7-in-1 USB-C Dock for Notebooks
by Anton Shilov on January 17, 2018 12:00 PM EST- Posted in
- CES 2018
- Kingston
- Trade Shows
- USB-C
- Nucleum
LAS VEGAS, NV — Notebook manufacturers, Apple in particular, were heavily criticized in 2016/2017 for introducing notebooks that feature only USB Type-C connectors. For end-users, such a transition meant making an additional investment into new peripherals, or docks. However, for hardware manufacturers, the transition to USB-C opens up new opportunities. At CES, Kingston demonstrated its first USB Type-C dock that supports seven ports as well as power pass-through.
The Kingston Nucleum is a rather compact sleek device made of aluminum and plastic to match design of Apple’s MacBook/MacBook Pro and other silver/metallic consumer laptops with USB Type-C ports. The dock has two USB 3.0 Type-A ports (one supports charging), one USB Type-C header, an HDMI 1.4 display output (max resolution is 3840×2160 at 30 Hz), an SD card reader, a microSD card reader as well as a USB Type-C power input.
The Nucleum supports power delivery pass through of up to 60 W, which is enough to power and charge a 13” laptop (such as a modern MacBook Pro). Larger and more power-hungry machines demand more power and their charging will take longer time using the dock from Kingston.
| Kingston's Nucleum 7-in-1 USB-C Dock | |||
| C-HUBC1-SR-EN | |||
| Main Connection | USB 3.0 Type-C at 5 Gbps with power delivery | ||
| Display Outputs | HDMI 1.4 (max resolution is 3840×2160 at 30 Hz) | ||
| USB | 1 × USB 3.0 Type-A (5V 1500mA) 1 × USB 3.0 Type-A 1 × USB 3.0 Type- C |
||
| Power Input | up to 60 W | ||
| Dimensions | 127 × 45 × 14.2 mm 5 × 1.77 × 0.56 inches |
||
| Weight | 142 grams 5 ounces |
||
Kingston’s Nucleum USB-C dock is already available at Amazon.com for $79.99. In the coming months Kingston will expand availability of the device to markets outside the U.S.
Related Reading
- AUKEY’s CB-C55 USB-C Hub Now on Sale: Macbook Port Expander with Power and Ethernet
- Lenovo’s New ThinkPad Laptops Get Universal USB-C Power Adapters
- Lenovo Reveals New TB3 Powered Graphics Dock at CES 2018: GTX 1050, 90 Hz WMR
- OWC Launches 13-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock: GbE, USB-A, SD Card, mDP, FireWire & More
- Promise Launches TD-300 9-in-1 Thunderbolt 3 Dock: GbE, HDMI, USB 3.0, TB3 Charging & More
- Plextor Launches EX1 USB-C External SSD: Up to 550 MBps, 512 GB and LDPC
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
10 Comments
View All Comments
mmrezaie - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - link
I cannot find it anywhere, is the sd card reader UHS-II compatible?lurker22 - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - link
So close. Shame they cheaped out and maxed output of 4k @30hz using HDMI v1.4.lmcd - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - link
I think they're already using most of the bandwidth available.jordanclock - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - link
Correct, there is only 5Gbps of bandwidth and 4K@30Hz uses more than that for uncompressed streams. Compression gets it a bit under, but unless they went to USB3.1 Gen2, there just isn't enough bandwidth for higher resolution or refresh rates.HStewart - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - link
Power delivery can be tricky with these devices. I try multiple devices on multiple computers and I found best to go with brand of computerIE
Dell XPS 13 2in1 use Dell Docking station
Samsung TabPro S using Samsung dock
I have an Atom based Windows 10 device - with USB-C - forget it.
JanW1 - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - link
No ethernet? Useless to me.Lord of the Bored - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
USB-C? Useless to me.Valantar - Wednesday, January 17, 2018 - link
Does it do HDMI through DP alt mode and a converter, or some software-requiring USB-to-HDMI adapter shenanigans? I suppose the resolution support would point to the latter. A shame, really.CharonPDX - Thursday, January 18, 2018 - link
Why, oh why, is it only 5 Gb/s 3.0? Why not 10 Gb/s 3.1rev2? That would then give the alternate-stream bandwidth for full 4K/60. Plus, you know, current standard.I *AM* impressed that this appears to be the first USB-C dock that actually has a *data* USB-C port on it, not just a power-input port. Every other frickin' USB-C dock has just the computer connection and the power port, no other USB-C ports. I understand the usefulness of adding USB-A ports to MacBook/MacBook Pro computers, but having a future-oriented USB-C port would be nice, too, for people who actually have started getting USB-C cables. (Like a USB-C Lightning cable for connecting iPhone or Magic Trackpad to recharge,
timecop1818 - Sunday, January 21, 2018 - link
Lol wat, related items on amazon are all < $50, most around $20-30 why the fuck would anyone buy this shit from Kingston. It doesn't offer anything that all the other shit doesn't already do.And for those whining about 4K/60, just use the second USB-C/DP Altmode port for video and one for USB/ethernet hub.