TEKQ Shows Off Rapide TB3 SSD, Preps More TB3 Storage Devices
 

The Thunderbolt 3 technology has gained ground on the markets of premium as well as special-purpose hardware and is enjoying its dominance there. Yet when it comes to more or less mass-market products, it is only starting to take off. TEKQ, a company primarily known for USB flash drives and products like that, is demonstrating its Rapide TB3 SSD at Computex. Furthermore, the company is finalizing its next-generation TB3 storage device that will be able to offer higher capacities and performance.

The TEKQ Rapide storage solution comes in a rather minimalistic brushed aluminum enclosure featuring space gray or silver finish to match popular Apple MacBook Pro colors. Meanwhile, when it comes to size, it is comparable to Apple's iPhone 5/5S/SE. The drive has a USB Type-C/Thunderbolt 3 header as well as a LED indicator. Architecturally, the Rapide is as simple as it is externally: it packs Intel’s DSL6340 (Alpine Ridge) TB3 controller and an M.2-2280/2260 SSD. We recently reviewed device as well.

The drive that the Rapide uses is based on Phison’s PS5007-E11 controller and Toshiba’s MLC NAND memory made using the company’s planar 15 nm process technology. The performance provided by the Rapide is what you come to expect from a PS5007-E11-based drive: up to 2700 MB/s sequential read speed, up to 1500 MB/s sequential write speed, as well as to 300K/250K peak random read/write performance.

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