Buffalo 100GB USB Flash Drive. (Now, We Definitely Need USB 3)
64GB used to be the largest capacity for a flash drive. While its cost per gigabyte is still outrageously high, that doesn’t stop Buffalo from rolling out a 100GB USB SSD drive in Japan. The company employs both SLC and MLC to form a hybrid configuration in order to make this drive economically feasible. Additionally, Turbo USB implemented in almost every Buffalo’s external hard drive and thumbdrive is also called in to speed up the mega drive’s transfers (24% faster than without the mode enabled).
The odd capacity number aside, the Buffalo is about the same size as a business card and weighs at merely 2 oz. Now comes the prices: 100GB for $952, 64GB for $665 and 32GB for $312. Japanese economy must be doing well I suppose if geeks there can afford one grand on a flash card.Permanent Link