USB 3.0 flash drive is 10 times faster than previous drives
The SuperSpeed RAIDDrive offers up to 128GB capacity
By Lucas Mearian | Computerworld US | Published: 12:49, 10 November 2009
Super Talent Technology announced what it claimed is the industry's USB 3.0 compliant flash drive, which can support data transfer rates of 5Gbit/sec - 10 times faster than current USB 2.0 products.
Super Talent's SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAIDDrive comes in 32GB, 64GB and 128GB capacities.
Measuring 3.7 inches by 1.4 inches - and a half inch thick - the SuperSpeed drive plugs directly into any USB port and can deliver data transfer speeds up to 200MB/sec in USB 3.0 ports. The drive is fully backward compatible with USB 2.0 ports, but it will operate at USB 2.0's slower I/O speeds.
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Super Talent said it uses a special technology in the SuperSpeed drive that involves multiple RAID pairs containing differential serial data channels. When a system is equipped with both a special USB Attached SCSI (UAS) driver and USB 3.0 ports, the drive can achieve up to 200MB/sec transfer speeds.
The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAIDDrive will be available in December from Super Talent resellers worldwide.
Super Talent has not made any pricing information available on the drive.
