USB 3.0 is emerging from the shadows with the first wave of peripherals supporting the high-speed standard set to emerge early next year - even while there’s no Mac (yet) equipped to exploit them.
Venerable storage manufacturer, LaCie, today revealed a partnership with silicon supplier, Symwave, with the aim of introducing “the world’s first USB 3.0 Dual-Drive RAID Storage Solution” in the first part of 2010.
LaCie’s 2Big USB 3.0, a dual-disk RAID 0/1 storage solution is powered by Symwave’s USB 3.0 standard-compliant dual SATA and RAID bridge controller. It promises to reach the highest throughput ever achieved in a USB 3.0 external storage product – setting a new standard in the dual disk market. The 2Big USB 3.0 will be available in up to 4TB capacities and is bundled with award-winning backup software for both Mac