USB memory that realized the world's largest 256 GB of super-high capacity appeared

At GIGAZINE in June128GB USB memory has appearedIt was revealed that USB memory that realized the world's first super-capacity of 256 GB, which is twice its size, will be released.

Although it seems to be worried about what kind of use it should be used for a large capacity so far, I will back up important data that I do not want people to see, with HDD and hide it in an unobtrusive place It might be interesting to try the useless usage. In addition, it is said that 5 years warranty etc can be attached to purchased user.

Details are as below.
Kingston Technology Company - Press 2009 - World's First Extremely Large Capacity 256 GB USB Flash Drive Announced

According to this release, Kingston Technology is said to release the world's first USB memory "DataTraveler 300" that realized a large capacity of 256 GB.

"DataTraveler 300" adopts a capless body which has no worry of losing the cap, in addition to being a super-large capacity, it is possible to be available only by inserting it in the USB port. In addition to Windows pre-installed security software "Password Traveler" pre-installed, Windows Vista "Windows Ready Boost" also supported.

We assume that a 5-year warranty will be offered to buyers with free technical support, and the price of concern is said to be open price.

This is the main body of "DataTraveler 300". Placed the USB connector


By the way, since the transfer speed of "DataTraveler 300" is 20 MB maximum for reading and 10 MB maximum per second for writing, assuming that data can be transferred at maximum speed, it takes about 3 and a half hours to read 256 GB of data Given that it will take about 7 hours to calculate, it seems a bit difficult to read and write data of dozens of GB frequently.