So I get some of the basic differences between a USB flash drive's controller and an SSD controller, like mentioned here https://superuser.com/questions/919...l ...

The USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 standard supports up to two lanes of 10 Gbps, with theoretical top speeds up to 20 Gbps, which is twice as fast as USB 3.2 Gen 2. The standard was certified in 2017, and the first ...

If it looks like a thumb drive and acts like a thumb drive… well, it might not actually be a thumb drive. The SK Hynix Tube T31 is, in fact, a full-on, super-portable 512GB SSD—and it’s on sale right ...

One thing that puzzles me about data storage, is how slow the average USB thumb drive is. When you consider that thumb drives and SSDs use the same solid-state technology, why are so many thumb drives ...

TL;DR: PNY's new Ultra-Fast PRO Elite V3 flash drives offer read speeds up to 1,000 MB/sec and write speeds up to 800 MB/sec, thanks to USB Type-C and USB 3.2 Gen 2 interfaces. Available in 256GB to ...

This tiny Raspberry Pi Flash Drive surprises with high capacity and SSD-like speeds for demanding Pi projects ...

For everyday write operations, this versatile (Type-A/C) thumb drive SSD delivers the goods. But it’s slow as molasses (on a very cold day!) when it runs out of secondary cache. I’ve seen quite a few ...

The SanDisk Extreme Fit USB-C Flash Drive packs up to a terabyte of storage, but is tiny enough that you can leave it plugged into your MacBook. SanDisk touts it as “the world’s smallest 1TB USB-C ...