14 DAY TRIAL // Logitec has been making storage solutions for years, so it is not that great a surprise to learn that it has finished developing a new series of storage devices, nor that they use the fastest USB technology yet.
Back when the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface standard was first presented to the industry, it became obvious that it could replace USB 2.0 quickly.
In fact, the only reason the USB 2.0 connection is still mainstream is because native chipset support for the SuperSpeed interface did not exist until fairly recently.
Nevertheless, aided by controller chips from Renesas and other companies, motherboard makers did include the technology in their inventions.
In turn, this offered storage solutions developers a basis to work with, so they ventured to design HDDs (hard disk drives) and SSDs (solid state drives) with support for USB 3.0.
Logitec has now issued a press release that details its latest such invention, one carrying the name of LHD-PBJU3W.
Basically, it is the newest line of portable USB 3.0 HDDs to leave its labs, composed of three members, their capacities being 500 GB, 750 GB and 1TB, respectively.
All of them measure 80 x 124 x 14 mm and make do with a weight of just 150 grams, their platters held inside black, glossy casings.
Online stores in Japan should already have the first two listed for the prices of $98 (500 GB) and $117 (750GB). The 1 TB drive is slated to appear later this month.
For those that want a reminder, the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 connection has a theoretical maximum throughput of 5 Gbps. It is unclear how much of that bandwidth the newcomers can use, though regardless of speed they won't even exceed 18 dB of noise.
Those who can make do with a lower price at the cost of speed can look at this 750 GB USB 2.0 HDD instead.