Corsair Claims World's Fastest Title with 128GB Voyager GT Flash Drive
Category: Storage / Hard DrivesPosted: August 13, 2009 12:49PM
Author: jammin
If cramming 128GB of storage into a flash drive wasn't enough of feat, Corsair is claiming its Voyager GT model is the world's fastest. The Voyager GT 128GB uses a dual-controller architecture along with MLC NAND flash memory in order to achieve read speeds up to 32MB/s and write speeds up to 25.6MB/s. According to Corsair, that means performance is effectively limited by the speed of the USB 2.0 bus and operating system overhead (it's a good thing USB 3.0 isn't too far away then). The need for such speeds is obvious on such high capacity drives, where is it very possible you could be transferring a whole library of music or large video files for example. Being able to shift these as quickly as possible makes a large flash drive a viable option for regular backups.
The Voyager GT 128GB also features a water resistant rubber housing to help prevent accidental damage and is covered by a ten year warranty. Recommended pricing is somewhere in the region of $390, with Newegg currently offering it up for $399.99, so you are going to have to be sure you need the speed/capacity before taking the plunge.
