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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Silicon Power eSATA/USB SSD

Press Release:
http://www.silicon-power.com/news/new_view.php?no=20081203001&start=0&currlang=utf8

(Taipei, Taiwan) This is not a normal USB flash drive. Silicon Power has released the availability of its pioneering product: eSATA/USB SSD (eSATA; External Serial ATA), a high-capacity handy SSD in worldwide markets. The eSATA/USB SSD features eSATA and Mini USB dual interface, hot plug and play and four-channel high performance technology. The eSATA connection has a read speed of 92 MB/s and a write speed of 48MB/s, which is 8 times the write speed of the normal USB. The eSATA/USB SSD is available in 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacities that are ideal for those wanting high-speed data transfer, high-capacity and portability.

The eSATA connector provides external data transfer at speeds up to 3Gbps, which is higher than USB 2.0 interface with 480MB/s. It is very convenient for large volume of data transfer at a short time. The bottom of the eSATA/USB SSD is a Mini USB connector offering a read speed of 33MB/s and a write speed of 25MB/s.

eSATA/USB SSD vs. USB Pen Drive
Speed \ Device
eSATA connection
Mini USB connection
Normal USB Pen Drive
Read (MB)/s
92.2MB/s 33.9MB/s 15MB/s
Write (MB)/s
48.9MB/s 25.6MB/s 6MB/s

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