Silicon Power Shows Off USB/eSATA USB Stick
Silicon Power has come up with an interesting way to distinguish itself from the ocean of USB sticks on show at Computex Taiwan: add an eSATA port.
Silicon Power introduced the 64 GB version of its eSATA/USB solid-state drive late last month and we clapped eyes on the thing this week at Computex. Basically, you’re looking at a regular USB flash drive that’s eSATA compatible, offering faster transfer rates.
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Also available in 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB models, the device comes with an integrated Error Correction Code (EEC) to ensure accurate data transfers and can, of course, be used just like a regular USB stick.
The company’s USB sticks are also looking a lot more blinged out these days. Ranging from sparkly thumb drives to USB necklaces, it looks like Silicon Power is trying to appeal to the ladies in the audience.
The spec. has just been finalized. I'd expect to see product this fall.
according to the spec, not even the latest SATA 3.0 (6Gbps) supports power over bus since it utilizes the same pin out (for backwards compatibility) as SATA 2.0 (3Gbps). so i ask the author, could you please give us details of how this device might work over eSATA as far as powering the device is concerned, if such information was given by the vendor?
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And I'm pretty sure all of mine have.
I got cut off..... but anyways... the top speed is only around 200 Mb/ps
Thank you. =) I guess my point is proven , lol.
Other manufactures have already launched such flash drives a couple of MONTHS ago, and yes, they were presented on other sites.
But for the OCZ, they have a mini-USB that is used to power in the case of non-powered eSATA. Apparently some motherboards have powered eSATA. My eSATA ports, on the other hand, are through an adapter and connect directly to an onboard SATA port through a PCI bracket -- this will necessarily be non-powered.
Now, since its eSATA should I assume its bootable?