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Kingston Digital today announced it is shipping its first USB 3.0 Flash drive. The Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 Flash drive takes advantage of the faster USB 3.0 specification that has up to ten times the data transfer rates of the current USB 2.0 specification.
The DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 has a read speed of 80 MB/sec. and a write speed of 60MB/sec. It is available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities. The combination of speed and size makes it ideal for data backup or fast transferring of large files including music, photos and videos. To ensure backwards compatibility, Kingston is also including a Y cable as some USB 2.0 ports require it to initialize USB 3.0 drives.
"USB 3.0 is the next major milestone in Flash memory for USB products and Kingston wants to have a solution in the marketplace for early adopters," said Andrew Ewing, USB business manager, Kingston. "The DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 is our first USB 3.0 Flash drive offering and is designed for enthusiasts who like to embrace new technology before it goes mainstream."
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World leading flash memory manufacturer, Silicon Power today announced their Unique 530 that features a sporty style. The “green” silica gel material is pliable and simple in design showing an original sports styling look. The Unique 530 is trendy and available for customers who are fashion conscious.
Silicon Power is always in tune with the ever changing trend and to satisfy various customer needs. The result is the creation of Unique 530, in response to the LOHAS lifestyle, wrapped in an eco-friendly silica gel that is clean, natural and sporty for you to express personal style.
Covered in a unique and soft silica gel material that is comfortable to grip, Unique 530 sets itself apart from other frigid IT products on the market. The silica gel casing makes it more durable than most USB flash drives. It is technologically advanced as the industry’s first to fuse and blend metallic accessories with the eco-friendly silica gel material. The metallic accessories can withstand up to 10kg of pull-force so users can attach it to mobile phones, key chains or bag/ purse carefree.
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Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced they are now shipping their new “USB 3.0 Express RAM Cache™ drive”. Available in 32 & 64GB capacities, this new drive implements a DRAM caching system to boost small block random performance by up to 300%.
As most manufacturers are announcing their first USB 3.0 flash drive, SuperTalent is announcing their fourth. SuperTalent is also currently the only USB flash manufacturer offering a caching system on their drives.
Sequential read and write speeds only show how a drive will perform when copying large files. In “real world” applications, we are often reading and writing 100’s of smaller files and in some cases even booting to the drive. In these instances traditional flash designs show their weakness and a caching system can dramatically improve performance. For example, say you wanted to copy 40 MP3 files to your flash drive. By adding a caching system, the Express RAM Cache drive can now write these same files 260% faster; instead of taking 13 seconds, this transfer now takes less than 5 seconds. As the file size decreases and the file count increase, this time savings becomes even more apparent.
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Pliant Technology recently announced the expansion of its Lightning product line with two new MLC (multi-level cell) NAND flash storage devices. The Pliant Lightning LB 200M and Lightning LB 400M enterprise flash drives (EFD) are based on an advanced controller design and software architecture that delivers dramatic I/O performance and reliability improvements over existing SSD technology and low energy consumption in demanding enterprise computing environments.
"Pliant's new Lightning LB drives provide IT managers and OEMs with greater system design flexibility," said Greg Goelz, vice president of marketing, Pliant Technology. "These new drives are a great addition to Pliant's existing SLC product family, providing enterprise IT managers with higher capacities and lower dollar per gigabyte metrics, while still providing the level of enterprise-class reliability and endurance not previously available with any other MLC solution on the market today."
Pliant Lightning LB MLC NAND-based products are available in a 2.5-inch standard form factor, with capacities from 200GB to 400GB and a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface to integrate seamlessly into existing SAS enterprise storage and server systems, without requiring modifications to existing applications, operating systems or infrastructure. For real world workloads, they feature high sustained performance with input/output per second (IOPs) of >10K (LB 400M) and >8K (LB 200M) for 4KB 70/30 read/write with very low response times. These performance levels deliver very fast response times under heavy workloads and enable system designers to build high performance RAID storage solutions with multi-terabyte capacities in 1U and 2U configurations.
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Mushkin, Inc., a global leader in enhanced-performance computer products and, through its Mushkin Select brand, the VAR channel, announced today the release of a new solid state drive in its Callisto deluxe™ series, a 40GB version. This SSD is ideal for new adopters of solid state drive technology who are looking for an extremely fast drive at a very attractive price, and offers excellent performance when coupled with other drives in RAID configurations.
"Our new 40GB Callisto deluxe drives are a product that customers in all segments can enjoy. They are not only a great solution to enter the exciting world of solid state disk technology, but also a great data storage solution for enthusiasts when placed in a RAID configuration." – Brian Flood, Mushkin's director of product development. Boasting read speeds of up to 280MB/s and write speeds of up to an impressive 270MB/s, the Callisto deluxe series is equipped with the industry-acclaimed Sandforce SF-1200 controller.
