14 DAY TRIAL // It was just yesterday that we wrote about Patriot's newest solid state drives and, now, the company has also been found to have created a new flash drive unit.
The IT player has officially introduced the Supersonic Boost XT USB 3.0 flash drive, the sort of NAND Flash-based storage device that emphasizes endurance.
As such, it does not go out of its way to strike the smallest form factor in the world.
Instead, it settles for a 6 centimeter length and a width of 2 centimeters, while adopting a rubberized case.
In other words, it is a rugged flash drive for people whose busy lifestyles can lead to less than friendly environmental conditions, rain being the least of them.
"The Supersonic Boost XT builds on two very established Patriot Memory brands", says Meng Jay Choo, Patriot Memory's product manager.
"Merging the ruggedness of our Xporter line with the speed of our Supersonic line, then shrinking the form factor, positions the Supersonic Boost XT to be the best choice for ultra-demanding users looking for excellent portability."
The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface is known to have a maximum transfer speed limit of 4.8 Gbps, which corresponds to 614 MB/s.
There aren't any products capable of putting this standard to full use yet, and that goes for the Supersonic Boost XT as well.
Nevertheless, even at 90 MB/s, it is still a force to be reckoned with when linked to a system running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Linux 2.4 and later and Mac OS9, X and later.
Finally, there are three capacity options: 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB. Unfortunately, the official announcement had no availability or pricing details to disclose, and there seem to be no leaks with this info either. As on so many other occasions, we are forced to wait for shops to start listing them instead.