A new Gadget in USB Technology!! Silicon Power has launched the eSATA/USB SSD Flash Drive. It is not a normal USB drive. It is a high capacity SSD drive that has external Serial ATA and mini USB dual interface. The company is claiming that it has 8 times the write speed of normal USB.
The eSATA connection offers a read speed of 92MB/sec and a write of 48 MB/sec. It even supports hot plug and play and four channel high powered technology. The eSATA connector can provide the data transfer speed of 3 GB/sec which is even greater than that of USB 2.0. It is very convenient for copying large volume of data in short amount of time. The mini USB interface offers a read speed of 33 MB/sec and write speed of 25 MB/sec. Most of the new Desktops and laptops now contain the eSATA interface.
But, there’s a problem. Unlike USB, eSATA ports don’t carry power, so plugging the drive into just an eSATA port won’t be enough to bring it to life. That’s precisely why you’ll find a Mini USB port on the drive’s rear – you’ll first need to attach it to your system’s USB port using the supplied Mini USB cable in order to power it up.
Features
- eSATA and Mini USB dual interface
- Support Windows Vista ReadyBoost function
- Support eSATA-2 3Gbps high speed
- Four channel high performance tech
- LED indicates the usage status (Power/Access LED)
- Compliant with RoHS requirement
Specifications
- Capacity: 8GB, 16GB, 32GB
- Color: Black
- Dimensions: 79.2 x 29.8 x 10.95 mm (L/W/M)
- Weight: 16g
- Connection: eSATA, Mini USB type B
- Support OS: Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Vista, and Linux
- Support eSATA/USB Hot Plug and Play
- Vibration: 20 G peak-to-peak max
- Shock: 1500G Max
- 2 year warranty
