Super Talent Also Releasing Dual Interface SSD

[exfileme]

The UltraDrive MX 2.5-inch SSD also provides a dual interface.

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[husker]

Wouldn't having 2 interfaces make the unit more expensive? Seems like that is moving in the wrong direction.

 

[mp562]

It might make it a little more expensive, but it's kinda cool to have the option when you need it in a bind.

 

[snotling]

[citation][nom]husker[/nom]Wouldn't having 2 interfaces make the unit more expensive? Seems like that is moving in the wrong direction.[/citation]
USB is dirt cheap, you know about USB flash drives right?

 

[phatboe]

It's also a good way to shift a system from HDD to SSD, allowing the user to move the disk image from the HDD to the SSD via a USB port, and then remove the HDD and boot up the rig via SSD, system intact.

I am confused here, can't you do that over a SATA interface? How does this change anything?

 

[jamoise]

[citation][nom]phatboe[/nom]I am confused here, can't you do that over a SATA interface? How does this change anything?[/citation]

say if you have a laptop, and you want to change it to an SSD, and it only has one bay for a hdd inside the laptop, it makes it more convenient to just plug the ssd into your usb and ghost your data to the ssd, then remove the old hdd and install the SSD, especially if said person only has the laptop.

 

[drwho1]

pricing will be way overpriced, I wait until price/size ratio can compare to today's
hard drives.

 

[dEAne]

It is still expensive NOT a GOOD product to buy.

 

[back_by_demand]

USB 3.0 I assume? If not then why?

 

[teodoreh]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]USB 3.0 I assume? If not then why?[/citation]

100% agree, why spending hundreds of $/€ for a 250MB/s capable device that will get a huge bottleneck around 38MB/s??

 

[huron]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]USB 3.0 I assume? If not then why?[/citation]

I am confused as well.

I understand the want for USB2, but isn't USB3 backwards compatible. I keep thinking if I was going to spend this much, it would be awesome to have both of those.

 

[back_by_demand]

[citation][nom]huron[/nom]I am confused as well.I understand the want for USB2, but isn't USB3 backwards compatible. I keep thinking if I was going to spend this much, it would be awesome to have both of those.[/citation]
Not very difficult to understand really is it?
If you have a drive that can bosh out 250Mb/s transfer rate, then if you have USB 2.0 it will have a severe bottleneck, USB 3.0 will at least allow transfer at speeds not far away from SATA.

It doesn't state anywhere above, or on the press release if it is USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 so a perfectly valid question...

 

[g00ey]

I stopped reading at JMicron.

 

[Dkz]

That's bullsh!t. The ones who didn't change to SDD is because the cost in it.. Plus the technology is still too fresh to jump right into it. Give me a reasonable price and then we will see some change.
And if you tell me that the price is all about performance, then I tell you this, "call me when you get 320Gb SSD for $50"

 

[cknobman]

I was all like "This is sweet" and then I read the word "JMicron" and then I was all like "Damn!".

 

[zaznet]

[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]pricing will be way overpriced, I wait until price/size ratio can compare to today'shard drives.[/citation]

I'm wanting price to capacity in line with the flash drives. The cost to produce the device isn't significantly higher. We are paying a premium for Sata or making it internal.

Competition is increasing rapidly and prices are dropping.

 

[halcyon]

...any why is this news?

 

[zaznet]

[citation][nom]halcyon[/nom]...any why is this news?[/citation]

Because Tom's Hardware reports a lot of SSD releases. It's a topic many of the readers are interested in, even if the news isn't anything too much more innovative than the last bit.

 

[halcyon]

Yeah, but SSDs with dual interfaces USB and SATA is not a new or innovative topic...why treat it as such?

 

[jimmysmitty]

[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]pricing will be way overpriced, I wait until price/size ratio can compare to today'shard drives.[/citation]

I am waiting for Intels 25nm SSDs. They say its supposed to increase the drive size, performance while reducing price and power consumption.

That I am all for.

 

[K-zon]

Sweet, should give SSDs some better performance and "solidarity" values.