USB 3.0 Flash Drives Also Faster on USB 2.0

The hype surrounding the USB 3.0 SuperSpeed standard has already reached, more or less, legendary levels and a significant number of supporting products have been launched, even in spite of the fact that chipsets still lack native support for the interface. Seeing that it will still be a while until mainstream motherboards get USB 3.0 ports, consumers may be hesitating when considering buying a USB 3.0 flash drive or HDD/SSD. To give such users something to go on, Super Talent decided to publish a chart showing the benefits of SuperSpeed.

Obviously, the next-generation connection is much faster than USB 2.0 ports. As such, Super talent 'suggests' that end-users acquire such a device, considering that it is only a matter of time until said units are able to flood the mainstream segment with their glory. This is not the only reason the company gives, however.

The storage solutions developer published a chart showing the speed improvements made visible during testing of USB 3.0 RAIDDrive, SuperCrypt and ExpressDrive flash drives.

What is interesting is that not only does the next-generation SuperSpeed standard reach much higher speeds, but performance is better even on USB 2.0 ports. This, the hardware maker claims, is owed to the multi-channel architecture used in the units' construction.

“The multi-channel architectures we’ve integrated into our USB 3.0 drives enables enhanced performance even when utilized with a USB 2.0 port. Customers looking for performance flash drives now have a ‘future proof’ alternative. SuperTalent USB 3.0 flash drives not only provide the fastest USB 3.0 flash scores but also the best performance we have seen from the USB 2.0 port as well. It’s a win/win for our customers,” said Super Talent COO, C.H. Lee.

All in all, the storage unit inventor states that, even despite Intel and AMD not offering chipset support for the standard, it is still convenient to acquire a USB 3.0-enabled device.