Patriot intros Supersonic USB 3.0 flash drive, milks 100MB / sec from a single chip
December 11, 2010 No Comment
At present, there seem to be three strategies to embracing the potential of USB 3.0 — go all out with an external SSD , introduce a hulking RAID-on-a-stick , or settle for a single-chip USB key with ho-hum maximum read/write speeds of roughly around 80MB / sec and 60MB / sec. There are a number of these barely-better-than-USB-2.0 flash drives floating about, but Patriot decided not to settle for that — its new Supersonic flash drive uses the mythical “quad channel” technology (and a native USB 3.0 controller) to eke out some extra speed. That allows Patriot to beat down the USB 2.0 straw man with 70MB / sec writes and 100MB / sec reads, and possibly justify a pricing premium if the company can’t manufacture them on the cheap . If the Supersonic sounds like the best of all worlds for your portable data, you’ll find it in 32GB and 64GB configurations starting Q1 2011. No word on price quite yet. Patriot intros Supersonic USB 3.0 flash drive, milks 100MB / sec from a single chip originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Despite renewed talks over nuclear program, White House senior official says Washington, European allies drafting new round of sanctions meant to keep up pressure on Islamic Republic to come clean about its nuclear ambitions
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US secretary of state urges Israel, Palestinians to discuss key matters such as borders, settlements, Jerusalem; says US will take active role in talks, but solution cannot be forced
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A Massachusetts prosecutor said Friday it’s likely that a North Carolina teen whose mutilated body was found in a Boston suburb fell from the sky after stowing away in an airplane’s wheel well. (Dec. 10)
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday said he will ask his congressional allies to again grant him special powers to enact laws by decree. Chavez said he needs an “enabling law” for the fourth time in his presidency to pass emergency laws quickly in a range of areas, including housing, land use and banking. “There is no time to lose,” Chavez said on state television, citing the…
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Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders made a marathon 8 1/2-hour Senate speech railing against President Barack Obama’s proposed tax cut compromise. The 69-year-old said ‘tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires who don’t need it’ were unconscionable. (Dec.10)
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XtremeMac has been crankin’ out iPod docks for years, and now former CEO Gary Bart has launched Stem Innovation, a company dedicated exclusively to iOS accessories. For its first trick, Bart and company have introduced TimeCommand which (as its name implies) goes beyond the whole dock thing and comes across as a control station for the bedroom. Among its many charms are iPhone / iPod / iPad compatibility, the ability to control your mood lighting (including a dimmer and a “wake by light” feature), battery backup (don’t miss work, even if the power goes out), an app with Internet Radio playback, and something called Stem:Sonic iQ digital signal processing. Available now at the Apple store for $100. TimeCommand dock turns your iPad into a very pricey dimmer switch originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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The son of an Oscar-winning songwriter was arrested Friday on charges of choking his girlfriend, a fashion designer found dead and half-clothed in a bathtub overflowing with water in a posh hotel. (Dec. 10)
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A 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a week was found unharmed Friday after she and the man accused in her abduction were recognized in a store in San Francisco. (Dec. 10)
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery confessed to helping a man kill her husband and re-enacted the alleged crime in an interview broadcast Friday by Iranian state television – an apparent effort by the government to deflect international criticism over the case. It was the fourth time Sakineh Mohammedi Ashtiani has been shown on TV as Tehran has faced an international outcry over the announcement that she would be stoned to death, the latest source of friction between Iran and the West. Authorities announced her conviction in the murder case only after the uproar over the stoning sentence erupted last summer, and her lawyer – who has since been…
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