14 DAY TRIAL // Ever heard of Turbo Flash? Well, just in case you didn't, here's a quick info. The Turbo Flash memory stick series is being manufactured by Corsair and is well known for its speed but also for its durability. Ok, talking about the efficiency factor is quite pointless since most of the flash based devices come with lifetime warranty. But that doesn't mean they never brake down. However, this time we are only interested in speed.
The ReadyBoost feature that is found in Windows Vista acts like a supplementary cache which is written onto a flash device connected to an USB 2.0 port. Because the flash has almost no latency, the ReadyBoost feature improves the system's response and in some cases the startup time and transfer rates. Regarding this feature, Corsair claims:
Using dual channel controllers and SLC memory, these USB drives offer fast read/write speeds and have been tuned specifically for random read of 4KB files across the entire device. This is a requirement for a device to be ReadyBoost capable... and not something the average USB Flash Drive can achieve?
So the idea is this: not every flash device is suitable for ReadyBoost use, especially if it has low transfer rates. And Corsair's stick seems to work like a charm because it is optimized for 4kB read/write mode which is the size of the strip used by ReadyBoost. I don't know how well it performs in practice, because there is no reference regarding the product on Corsair's website but I hope it will deliver, since it will probably cost higher than its older brothers. At the moment, price and availability are unknown.