Memory maker Corsair have been developing fast USB memories for some time and it now has a new model coming. We have one of the first samples of Corsair's Voyager GT 128GB USB memory that is not only one of the first USB memories with three digit capacity but also one of the fastest. That was at least what the company told us and after some quick tests we can confirm this.
While waiting for a more extensive test we have run some quick synthetic benchmarks with Corsair's new USB flagship and before the deeper testing we wanted to share a screenshot with you.
Corsair Voyager GT 128GB
With modern SSDs capable of achieving read and write speeds of several hundred MegaBytes per second this may not look that impressive. But do keep in mind that this is an external memory connected to the USB port. Corsair even says that it is the USB interface that is limiting performance, not the memory itself.
We will try to share more of Corsair's latest and spacious Voyager GT soon and the first tests have shown promise. Fast transfer speeds are always important with large USB memory, which Corsair has realized.
Corsair Voyager GT 128GB is a relatively large USB memory and according to Corsair it's both because of the number of memory chips but also the dual memory controllers that enable these higher speeds even though it uses MLC NAND flash circuits.
Even if the USB2.0 interface is, more or less, the bottleneck with this memory Corsair has chosen to use USB just because it's the most spread format available today, while awaiting the spread of USB3.0.
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Corsair Voyager GT 128GB makes the USB interface sweat
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