Lexar has a powerful and portable SSD for professionals
This time Lexar didn’t keep us waiting long. Portable SSDs announced last month are now on sale. We are talking about performance up to 2000 MB/s.
More and more people are giving up portable memory devices such as pendrives in favor of external SSDs. The reason is simple – with similar dimensions, we are talking about a lot larger capacity and higher efficiency. Therefore, no one should be surprised that the number of new semiconductor media in stores is increasing.
Lexar Professional SL600 offers up to 5 years of warranty
And it happens to be a brand Lexarowned by a Chinese company since 2017 Longsysannounced the launch of products announced at the fair in January CES 2024 Professional SL600 series drives.
Lexar Professional SL600 is an external SSD with dimensions of 112.6 x 59 x 10.6 millimeters and a weight of 64 grams. We are dealing here with aluminum housing equipped with a handle and USB type C connector. It was hidden inside 3D NAND memory and Silicon Motion controllerbut the manufacturer does not reveal the exact specifications.
The declared performance is expected to reach up to 2000 MB/s for sequential reading and writing, which is the maximum for the interface USB 3.2 Gen 2×2. Of course, there is also 256-bit AES encryption.
Lexar Professional SL600 will be available in three capacities – 1, 2 and 4 TB. The first two go on sale today, the last one will appear in the second quarter of 2024. Suggested prices are $130 (approx. PLN 529) for 1 TB and $175 (approx. PLN 709) for 2 TB. It will probably be a bit more expensive in Poland.