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tgdaily.com - 1/8/2009

CES 2009: USB 3.0 slower than expected

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The One with Reserved Name - considering the fastest consumer hard drive, the Western Digital Veloceraptor, can read/write at roughly 115MB/sec on its own, I would say you're wrong. Have a look at this: http://hothardware.com/News/VelociRaptors_In_RAID_5_A_Case_Study_In_Speed/ Now considering ...

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tgdaily.com - 1/8/2009

CES 2009: USB 3.0 slower than expected

— tgdaily.com — USB 3.0 may promise data transfer speeds of up to 5 Gb/s or 625 MB/s but such... levels will not be possible, at least not in initial devices. When USB 3.0 hardware will become available in late 2009 or early 2010, users will have to settle for one ... (more) CES 2009: USB 3.0 slower than expected

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