USB Flash Drive Versus SSD: Revealing the Differences
When solid state drives and USB flash drives are both known for using NAND flash memory, it’s easy to blur their differences. So while they essentially come from the same family, there are three distinct factors that set them apart: interface, performance and controllers. However, before we get into the differences between SSD and [...]
Hard Drives vs. Flash Memory: Cost Per Gigabyte Explained
If you are like me, you have often wondered what the best solution is to store backups of your favorite or most important files. On one hand you have relatively inexpensive backup solutions such as CDs, DVDs, and hard drives that give you a wide variety of data capacities, but the cost per GB [...]
A-Data Internal (External) Hard Drive with USB 3.0 Capability!
Having trouble making the big leap to either a Solid State Hard drive (SSD) or a USB 3.0 flash storage, well why not get both at the same time?! A-Data recently announced they have begun selling a 2.5” Solid State Hard drive with SATA II and USB 3.0 capability!
Their new hard drive allows users to [...]
Emerging Alliance: Flash Drives and the Supercomputer
The same USB and flash technology that plugs into your home computer or powers your iPod is progressively embarking on a completely different frontier: supercomputers. Yes, supercomputers—the innovative techno-giant machines which generate the highest, fastest processing capacities to date. They take up thousands upon thousands of square feet in massive rooms, and yet their operators [...]
