USB 3.0 8GB drive costs 14 USD

Memory manufacturer Super Talent Technology announced that their new USB 3.0 drives are priced at under $ 2 per GB of storage.

The new USB Express Duo drive is available in 8GB and 16GB capacities, priced at $ 14 ($ 14, ~ 274,510) and $ 29 (~ 568,627 VND), respectively. The company claims the drive has a data transfer rate of 67MB / sec.

The USB 2.0 specification has a theoretical maximum data transfer rate of 480Mbit / s or 60MB / sec. The real speed of USB 2.0 usually reaches from 13MB / second to 34MB / sec. For example, Corsair's fastest USB 2.0 Flash Voyager GTR has read speeds of up to 34MB / sec.

USB 3.0 specification (also known as USB SuperSpeed) has a theoretical data transfer rate of up to 5Gbit / s. Real data transfer speeds reach about 3.2Gbit / sec or 400MB / sec. Unfortunately, laptops and desktops do not currently support USB 3.0 ports. However, dual port USB 3.0 adapter cards can be purchased for about $ 20 (~ 392,157).

As with all USB 3.0 products, Super Talent's Express Duo drives are backward compatible to work with USB 2.0 systems, but speeds will also be limited to USB 2.0.

" The best part of this product is not a form factor or data transfer rate of 67MB / sec. The best part of this product is the price we can offer, " said Peter Carcione, Super Talent's marketing director said.