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Author:  pcernie [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:08 pm ]
Post subject:  Kingston announces USB 3.0 memory stick
Kingston has shown off its first USB 3.0 memory stick, with the Kingston DataTraveller Ultimate 3.0 bringing SuperSpeed USB transfer times.

With UK prices ranging from £56 for a 16GB stick right up to £172 for the 64GB version, Kingston's latest USB stick offers transfer speeds up to 10 times faster than its USB 2.0 siblings.

"USB 3.0 is the next major milestone in flash memory for USB products and the DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 is our first USB 3.0 flash drive offering in the marketplace," said Steve Hall, EMEA product development manager of flash, Kingston Technology

Internal tests

"We have run several internal tests to demonstrate the speed of the new drives, for example a 1 hour 44 minute movie (3.9GB) was transferred to the DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 drive in 1 minute 13 seconds," he added

"Similarly, a 2 hour 23 minute DVD (4.4GB) transferred to the drive at a fast 1 minute 23 seconds".

The prices for the still relatively new USB 3.0 technology are likely to drop – but if you are desperate for a bit more transfer speed, then you now have an option.


Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/computing ... z0zWprZR8K

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Author:  Nick [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:55 pm ]
Post subject:  Kingston announces USB 3.0 memory stick
Good - I can get one to use with my USB 3 computer I'll probably have in 5 years. :lol:
Author:  l3v1ck [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Kingston announces USB 3.0 memory stick
The capacity of memory sticks is so small, USB2 speeds aren't really an issue.
USB3 external hard drives are where you'll really notice the difference.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Kingston announces USB 3.0 memory stick
Nick wrote:
Good - I can get one to use with my USB 3 computer I'll probably have in 5 years. :lol:

Same here. I think that for hard drives it will be useful, though it will be handy if you start to replace devices.
Author:  snowyweston [ Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:28 pm ]
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Can SATA II/SSD write fast enough for all this throughput? There's the theoretical transfer speeds of 3Gb/s and such, but can the components-combined of current (sensibly priced/specced) domestic computer architecture support all these (seemingly theoretical) speeds? :?
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Kingston announces USB 3.0 memory stick
snowyweston wrote:
Can SATA II/SSD write fast enough for all this throughput? There's the theoretical transfer speeds of 3Gb/s and such, but can the components-combined of current (sensibly priced/specced) domestic computer architecture support all these (seemingly theoretical) speeds? :?

SSD yes but SATA HDD not so sure, probably not.
Author:  finlay666 [ Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Kingston announces USB 3.0 memory stick
Amnesia10 wrote:
snowyweston wrote:
Can SATA II/SSD write fast enough for all this throughput? There's the theoretical transfer speeds of 3Gb/s and such, but can the components-combined of current (sensibly priced/specced) domestic computer architecture support all these (seemingly theoretical) speeds? :?

SSD yes but SATA HDD not so sure, probably not.


SSD.... unlikely at current speeds for most consumer grade products
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Kingston announces USB 3.0 memory stick
I saw a video of a DVD scale transfer 4 Gb in 0.7 seconds using SSD. So that would appear not be the problem.
Author:  okenobi [ Wed Sep 15, 2010 3:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Kingston announces USB 3.0 memory stick
finlay666 wrote:
Amnesia10 wrote:
snowyweston wrote:
Can SATA II/SSD write fast enough for all this throughput? There's the theoretical transfer speeds of 3Gb/s and such, but can the components-combined of current (sensibly priced/specced) domestic computer architecture support all these (seemingly theoretical) speeds? :?

SSD yes but SATA HDD not so sure, probably not.


SSD.... unlikely at current speeds for most consumer grade products


The latest consumer ones require SATA 6gig rather than SATA "II", so yeah, some SSDs will supply that much data that quickly.
Author:  finlay666 [ Wed Sep 15, 2010 3:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Kingston announces USB 3.0 memory stick
okenobi wrote:
finlay666 wrote:
SSD.... unlikely at current speeds for most consumer grade products


The latest consumer ones require SATA 6gig rather than SATA "II", so yeah, some SSDs will supply that much data that quickly.

Crucial C300 yes?

Can't see them fitting that on a USB stick easily and that is what we are talking about :roll:
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