That would eliminate the need for sata-usb bridge and thus saving space and cost.USB flash drives are a dime a dozen, but there is scope for manufacturers to differentiate themselves.
Corsair Ssd Toolbox Series Brings SSDCorsairs Flash Voyager GTX series brings SSD controllers to the flash drive market.Coupling it with a SATA - USB 3.0 bridge allows them to set benchmark records for their product line.![]() Note that the sequential read writes do not make a lot of sense for SSDs or flash drives, as they are more for determining how bandwidth varies as we go further away from the spindle in hard drives. For large (8 MB) accesses, this improves to 395 MBps reads and 231 MBps writes. Using CyberShadows TrimCheck utility, we confirmed that TRIM does indeed work on the Flash Voyager GTX. Out of the various available workloads, we chose a few multimedia processing traces. One of the interesting facts revealed by the toolbox is the firmware version, S9FM01.7. A cursory search of the version number on the Internet reveals that the controller in the flash drive is the Phison S9. Readers might remember the previous generation Phison S8 controller being used in the Corsair Force Series LS SSD. It is heartening to see that the SSD controller along with the flash chips and the SATA - USB 3.0 bridge can be packed in such a small form factor. As icing on the cake, we have a real SSD controller in the form of the Phison S9 inside. Unfortunately, Corsair has not decided to pursue the certification process. As far as non-enterprise consumers go, this is perfectly acceptable - the performance for Windows-to-Go is there without the extra cost associated with obtaining the certification that eventually gets passed on to them. The 256GB version currently retails for 220 on Amazon, which is at least 70 more than what one would pay for a 2.5 SSD and a bus-powered USB 3.0 enclosure. There are definitely use-cases where the form factor (and absence of hanging cables) plays an important role. In those roles, the Corsair Flash Voyager GTX is one of the top performers. A roundup doing some quick tests of a few dozen drives in the 10-30 range (and only going that high to see if spending a little more is worth it for faster performance as well as capacity) would be a lot more beneficial to readers. Right now the drives are so cheap (and poor quality) that replacement is the easiest choice. Based on my experience with the blue USB 3.0 Voyager drives, I wouldnt trust Corsair for reliability. Are Corsair trying to fill the void that OCZ left I didnt know that demand for shoddy marketing practices was high. In the race to differentiate, the suppliers are looking for the biggest performance numbers possible, that may not match real life experiences. To your point, these devices tend to be high value compared to more generic USB drive types available. ![]()
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