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Corsair Releases Speedy 128GB Voyager Flash Drive

Posted 08/14/09 at 09:19:27 AM  by Paul Lilly

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All of a sudden we feel woefully inadequate waving around our 16GB and 32GB thumb drives. That's because Corsair on Thursday launched what it claims is the the world's fastest high capacity USB flash drive, the 128GB Flash Voyager GT.

"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," said John Beekley, the VP of Applications at Corsair. "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."

According to Corsair, the MLC-based drive can hit read speeds of up to 32MB/s and write speeds of up to 25.6MB/s thanks to the Voyager's dual-controller architecture. The company also says you're more likely to run into bottlenecks with your USB 2.0 bus or OS system overhead before the drive loses its pep.

All that speed and capacity doesn't come cheap, however. The 128GB Voyager GT is available now with a street price of around $400.

 

Image Credit: Corsair

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TAGS: corsair, usb, storage, Thumb Drive, flash, 128gb, voyager
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avatarInadequate over a thumb drive?

Submitted by bosunj on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 11:26pm

How shallow a life one must lead if they feel inadequate over the size of a thumb drive. Aren't you the good little consumer. On your knees to your corporate masters, and wipe your chin!

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avatarya but not everything is

Submitted by comptech08 on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 1:25pm

ya but not everything is networked together.  And sometimes it is best to save bandwidth.  Pushing and getting stuff all the time via network can put a bottleneck in a business network and lower productivity.  It all depends on how much data it is.  But cannot just rely on network.

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avatartransfers...

Submitted by praetor_alpha on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 12:41pm

I have a 512 meg and 1 gig stick from 6 years ago. Haven't used them much in the past 2-3 years. I prefer network transfers to get data around, rather than a sneakernet. Or 500 gig external HD, if all else fails.

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avatarYeah, you can buy a mid-high

Submitted by Pyrophorics on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 9:01am

Yeah, you can buy a mid-high end netbook for that price. No way do I need that speed for that price!

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avatarOkay nice capacity.  But

Submitted by comptech08 on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 7:00am

Okay nice capacity.  But there is no way i will buy it.  Its to exspensive right now.

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avatar tell me about it it costs

Submitted by nekollx on Fri, 08/14/2009 - 8:16am

 tell me about it it costs 4 times a comparable HDD. Portability is one thing but the price/performace is horible.

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