February 27, 2009
Posted by: DT : Category:
Future Ahead
Another thing I always keep an eye on is the increasing storage capacity of flash drives. It is interesting to see how much USB storage we might be able to avail ourselves of in the near future.
Now that 128GB and 256GB are out as the highest current capabilities one has to wonder what will be next. As amazing as this new breakthrough is I wouldn’t hold my breath. Because recently I heard that there’s even a 512GB flash drive out there. Supposedly only made by one manufacturer and not for commercial application. Military perhaps? Super-secret agents? I have no idea if its true but if you know anything about this please grace us with your feedback. But only if you won’t have to get terminated then…
…on eBay right now:
[wordbay]ssd +(512 GB,1024 GB) -(mb,apple)[/wordbay]
or
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January 25, 2009
Posted by: DT : Category:
Future Ahead
Right now the standard for memory sticks and anything USB is 2.0. It was released in April 2000 and prizes itself with a transfer rate of 480 Mbits/s. That’s pretty good when you compare that with the 12 Mbits/s of its predecessor 1.1. But it’s nothing to the USB 3.0 transfer rate of up to 4800 Mbits/s. That’s 4.8 Gbps! Hence its nickname: SuperSpeed USB.
But let’s be honest – after 9 years hadn’t it been overdue to take this leap? To me that’s a definite yes. One compensation for this long waiting period is that 3.0 should be adaptable with all the current USB media. This is called “backward compatibility”. That means you won’t have to trash all your USB 2.0 devices but that you can use them in a USB 3.0 port just like you’re now. But don’t expect to get the 3.0 performance out of them. For that you really need all components to meet the new standard (cable, host machine and actual device).
Expect USB 3.0 drives to come out around christmas 2009. I will add them here as soon as they are available. So keep a watch on this place! (Or just subscribe to my RSS feed)
Update: See my post on USB 3.0 flash drives
…on eBay right now:
[wordbay]flash drive 3.0 -(make*,MP3,240,DDR,SDR,card,hard,no-tax,nowy,chinese,warranty,wrty,post)[/wordbay]
or
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