We don’t often single out flash drives as something special, but the latest product from Taiwanese company Mach Xtreme caught our attention thanks to some very exotic features and technologies.
The first of these is the use of Single Layer Cell (SLC) NAND flash. This is the type of flash memory usually used for enterprise-level storage, and is both more reliable and faster than the MLC memory used in most consumer SSDs and USB sticks. This is the first time we’ve seen SLC deployed on a flash stick, and it makes this product stand out from the very crowded pack.
The other interesting feature is that the stick is ‘Optimised for Asus motherboards’, which actually means that it supports the USB attached SCSI protocol (UASP). This means that it can cope with more data at once, on supporting hardware, while still working just fine on normal USB connections. If you have such a board then this is a must-have solution; if you don’t, it is still a great option.