Corsair Launches World’s Fastest 128GB USB Flash Drive

Posted by Adrian in Technology on 08 13th, 2009 | no responses

Corsair announced today the world’s fastest 128GB flash drive: Flash Voyager GT. The new flash drive is based on a new and unique dual-controller architecture to achieve SLC-levels of performance using MLC NAND flash memory. This way the 128GB Flash Voyager GT is able to achieve read speeds of up to 32MB/sec and write speeds of up to 25.6MB/sec, with the limiting factor effectively being the speed of the USB 2.0 bus and operating system overhead.

John Beekley, the VP of Applications at Corsair said that: “High performance is a key requirement for super-high capacity flash drives, such as the 128GB Voyager GT, simply because it is able to store such a large volume of data. The 128GB Voyager GT is nearly twice as fast as other high-capacity flash drives, which means less time waiting for your music, video or office files to copy to and from the drive.”

To insure protection from accidental damage, the new Flash Voyager GT is made from a durable and water-resistant rubber housing. Jim Carlton, VP of Marketing for Corsair said: “The 128GB Flash Voyager GT is ideal for those who need access to a huge volume of data in a format that’s convenient, durable and extremely fast. The 128GB Flash Voyager GT can store massive video, photo and music libraries, yet it’s less than half the size of a solid-state drive, effectively obsoleting less-reliable, portable mechanical hard disk drives.”