• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

Super Talent Introduces Ram Disk Series USB 3.0 Flash Drives

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
46,283 (7.69/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of NAND flash storage solutions, today announces the introduction of the Ram Disk USB. With sequential read scores of up to 4041 MB/s and sequential write scores of up to 5388 MB/s, the Ram Disk is a speed demon of a drive housed in a sleek aluminum casing. The Ram Disk uses your computer's free RAM to transfer files at an amazingly quick rate. This USB also transfers the files while you are using the program, cutting down on wait time later.

"We are excited to release the RamDisk USB. This product can improve the productivity of those who work with large files and programs by harnessing the power of their system's RAM to deliver transfer speeds of over 4,000 MB/s." -Abraham Ma, CEO Super Talent Technology. The Ram Disk is as portable as a regular USB, giving the user the freedom to take their work anywhere. The Ram Disk provides the power of increased productivity through its incredible speed abilities, which can be many times faster than a SSD. This drive is especially suited for creative professionals. The Ram Disk is an ideal drive for anyone seeking a speedy drive with great performance.



View at TechPowerUp Main Site
 
Joined
Feb 28, 2013
Messages
38 (0.01/day)
Location
Hanoi, Vietnam
sequential read scores of up to 4041 MB/s and sequential write scores of up to 5388 MB/s

Still going to be limited by the speed of target storage device, right?
 
Joined
Jun 27, 2011
Messages
6,680 (1.43/day)
Processor 7800x3d
Motherboard Gigabyte B650 Auros Elite AX
Cooling Custom Water
Memory GSKILL 2x16gb 6000mhz Cas 30 with custom timings
Video Card(s) MSI RX 6750 XT MECH 2X 12G OC
Storage Adata SX8200 1tb with Windows, Samsung 990 Pro 2tb with games
Display(s) HP Omen 27q QHD 165hz
Case ThermalTake P3
Power Supply SuperFlower Leadex Titanium
Software Windows 11 64 Bit
Benchmark Scores CB23: 1811 / 19424 CB24: 1136 / 7687
So its a usb flashdrive storage with a ramdisk program built in? I am guessing it makes it really easy or something.
 
Joined
Mar 17, 2011
Messages
159 (0.03/day)
Location
Christchurch, New Zealand
Well I'm confused. USB 3.0's slow 4.8Gbit/s bus lies between the system ram and the flash drive ram disk.
 
Joined
Jan 11, 2013
Messages
1,237 (0.30/day)
Location
California, unfortunately.
System Name Sierra ~ Server
Processor Core i5-11600K ~ Core i3-12100
Motherboard Asus Prime B560M-A AC ~ MSI PRO B760M-P
Cooling CM 212 Black RGB Edition ~ Intel Stock Cooler
Memory 64GB (2x 32GB) DDR4-3600 ~ 32GB (4x 8GB) DDR4-3200
Video Card(s) XFX Radeon RX 6950 XT ~ EVGA GeForce GTX 970
Storage 4TB Samsung 990 Pro with Heatsink NVMe SSD ~ 2TB Kingston NV1 NVMe SSD + 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD
Display(s) 2x Dell S2721QS 4K 60Hz ~ N/A
Case Asus Prime AP201 - Open Frame Chassis
Power Supply Thermaltake GF1 850W ~ Thermaltake Smart 500W
Software Windows 11 Pro ~ Proxmox VE
Benchmark Scores Laptops: Dell Latitude E7270, Dell Latitude 14 Rugged 5420.
Well I'm confused. USB 3.0's slow 4.8Gbit/s bus lies between the system ram and the flash drive ram disk.

Yeah I don't understand it either LOL!
 
Joined
Sep 15, 2011
Messages
6,457 (1.41/day)
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-13700K
Motherboard Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX
Cooling Noctua NH-D15
Memory 32GB(2x16) DDR5@6600MHz G-Skill Trident Z5
Video Card(s) ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo
Storage 2TB SK Platinum P41 SSD + 4TB SanDisk Ultra SSD + 500GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD
Display(s) Acer Predator X34 3440x1440@100Hz G-Sync
Case NZXT PHANTOM410-BK
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Titanium PCIe
Power Supply Corsair 850W
Mouse Logitech Hero G502 SE
Software Windows 11 Pro - 64bit
Benchmark Scores 30FPS in NFS:Rivals
Well I'm confused. USB 3.0's slow 4.8Gbit/s bus lies between the system ram and the flash drive ram disk.

I'm even more confused. Also it needs some kind of internal battery this flash drive. How long does it lasts?? It auto charge when connected to usb port?? How do you know when is fully charged???
questions, questions...

p.s.
transfer rate cannot be more than 500MB/s since is the limit of USB 3.0...
 
Joined
Apr 2, 2009
Messages
3,505 (0.64/day)
Might as well ram the disk onto a desk or a hard rock and see how fast its bits fly.
 
Joined
Jun 17, 2013
Messages
5 (0.00/day)
It's really not that complicated if you read the press release carefully.

With sequential read scores of up to 4041 MB/s and sequential write scores of up to 5388 MB/s, the Ram★Disk is a speed demon of a drive housed in a sleek aluminum casing. The Ram★Disk uses your computer’s free RAM to transfer files at an amazingly quick rate. This USB also transfers the files while you are using the program, cutting down on wait time later.

So this is probably only a portable ram disk you can run from the USB stick, possibly with some extra features and the Super Talen logo.

:laugh:
 
Joined
Mar 17, 2011
Messages
159 (0.03/day)
Location
Christchurch, New Zealand
I'm even more confused. Also it needs some kind of internal battery this flash drive. How long does it lasts?? It auto charge when connected to usb port?? How do you know when is fully charged???
questions, questions...

p.s.
transfer rate cannot be more than 500MB/s since is the limit of USB 3.0...


I should have looked at the picture better. Ram Disk (or Ram * Disk) is the name of Super Talent's USB stick. It doesn't have a Ramdisk inside. I've been theorizing that the stick must come with software that creates a Ramdisk in system memory. The Ramdisk gets assigned the drive letter of the Ram * Disk so that file transfers show amazing speeds. You're just writing to system memory. Meanwhile the software copies files to the Ram * Disk at USB 3.0 speed in the background. (i.e., The ramdisk acts as a memory buffer). The high read speed is due to files being read directly from the Ramdisk, not the Ram * Disk. I hope I'm wrong because it would mean that Super Talent is engaging in very dishonest marketing.
 
Joined
Sep 15, 2011
Messages
6,457 (1.41/day)
Processor Intel® Core™ i7-13700K
Motherboard Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX
Cooling Noctua NH-D15
Memory 32GB(2x16) DDR5@6600MHz G-Skill Trident Z5
Video Card(s) ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 3080 AMP Holo
Storage 2TB SK Platinum P41 SSD + 4TB SanDisk Ultra SSD + 500GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD
Display(s) Acer Predator X34 3440x1440@100Hz G-Sync
Case NZXT PHANTOM410-BK
Audio Device(s) Creative X-Fi Titanium PCIe
Power Supply Corsair 850W
Mouse Logitech Hero G502 SE
Software Windows 11 Pro - 64bit
Benchmark Scores 30FPS in NFS:Rivals
But this is crap if is true. So how do you know then when to disconnect the drive? And this copy to memory first is nothing new. Is from the time of DOS even. Remember XCopy?? Also Total Commander can do this by default. I don't see a point for a Virtual Ramdisk...
 

Aquinus

Resident Wat-man
Joined
Jan 28, 2012
Messages
13,147 (2.96/day)
Location
Concord, NH, USA
System Name Apollo
Processor Intel Core i9 9880H
Motherboard Some proprietary Apple thing.
Memory 64GB DDR4-2667
Video Card(s) AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2
Storage 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External
Display(s) Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays
Case MacBook Pro (16", 2019)
Audio Device(s) AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers
Power Supply 96w Power Adapter
Mouse Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard Logitech G915, GL Clicky
Software MacOS 12.1
The Ram Disk uses your computer's free RAM to transfer files at an amazingly quick rate.

Windows already does this by enabling disk write caching. I can write to my RAID-5 at 800MB/s too until I fill up 4GB of ram. I fail to see what is so special about this flash drive considering it doesn't actually write data to the flash drive any faster. If you pull it out after the "transfer is complete" you still won't have it if that's the case. :confused:
 
Top