USB 3.0 64GB Flash Drive Round-up

news · April 4, 2011

*USB 3.0 64GB Flash Drive Round-up*

Even the fastest USB 2.0 flash drives are unable to match today's

conventional hard drives. Considering that we often cite hard drives as the

slowest component in a computer, it's about time we moved on. The storage

industry has been preparing the shift to USB 3.0 connectivity for quite some

time. Dubbed SuperSpeed USB, USB 3.0 offers bi-directional (full-duplex)

communication and a tenfold boost in transfer speeds as well as improved

capabilities, all while maintaining compatibility with USB 2.0 devices.

In the last year we have reviewed a handful of USB 3.0 devices and today

several memory manufacturers offer flash drives claiming to utilize the

extra performance offered by the revamped interface. Today we are looking at

three 64GB flash drives: the AData Nobility Series N005, Kingston

DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 and Patriot SuperSonic.

Thank you.

Julio J. Franco

Executive Editor

TechSpot.com

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