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Company releases first USB 3.0 flash drives

November 18, 2009 by Sam Narisi
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, New Products, Storage

Devices using the next generation of USB are starting to appear, and their performance looks impressive.

Super Talent Technology has announced the December launch of the first flash drives to use USB 3.0. No price yet, but it’s likely to be steep, at least at first.

USB 3.0 is capable of transfer rates up to 4.8 Gbit/sec — 10 times faster than current USB 2.0 drives.

The drives are available in 32, 62 and 128GB capacities, and will be backward compatible with USB 2.0. That capacity is almost in line with the USB 2.0 flash drives on the market, where Toshiba has just announced the first 512GB version.

Who needs them? The combination of high capacity and lightning speed may make these a godsend for those two have to transfer huge gobs of information from one system to another (think video).

These are among the first USB 3.0-compatible products to be announced, with expected to come in 2010. One word of warning – you won’t get the full speed unless you have a USB 3.0 port on your computer, something that’s not yet on the market, though it should be by early next year.

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One Response to “Company releases first USB 3.0 flash drives”

  1. Ward Says:
    January 20th, 2010 at 12:56 pm

    Yes, and Windows will tell you that you have a USB 1.0 device anyway. Besides, this will make an easier and faster way to steal data. Glue those USB ports shut!


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