What is a dual channel flash drive?

[bob4432]

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/f...sb_2_0_dual_channel_flash_memory_drive

have i missed some new technology?

 

[The Boston Dangler]

it's the latest tech develpoed by thier marketing department.

 

[Ruptga]

Sounds like two raided flash drives. I've heard of that before, except with their stuff the raid would be two flash chips in the space of one USB drive. I really dunno though, check google and wikipedia, if you can't find it on either of those two, it doesn't exist.

 

[azandertt]

From the other thread...

Hi Bob, sure no problem. We were among the first manufacturers to implement Dual Channel flash drives. Since the original Rally there are a lot of Dual Channel drives on the market, speed is based on both the chips and the dual channel controller.

Here's a article Anand wrote explaining it: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2549&p=3

Were working on our next generation DC drive, youc an do some things with the PCB and newer controllers to help increase speed even more.

 

[bob4432]

Alex,

thanks for sending me to that link as i had never heard of it before. i am usually pretty up on current tech but with so many this one must have slipped through my reading, and as you can see from this post others hadn't seen it either.

to be honest i thought it was b.s., imho you could not only give your company more credibility but also educate the masses with a short explanation of how dual channel flash drives works - you have the perfect option - just make the "Dual Channel Technology" under the specifications on your site that deals with these drive a link to an explanation of what dual channel technology is for the flash drives.

i looked over your site for about 5mins looking specifically for this information and using your search function and typing in dual channel it brought up nothing but dual channel memory sets. dual channel rally brought up information about the rally drives, but nothing about what is a dual channel flash drive or it technology.

maybe i am in the minority but knowing how long it would take your web designer to make a page and give a short little description to explain what dual channel is on a flash drive i think it would be beneficial to your company and their reputation.

to be quite honest when i first viewed it and all i saw was "Dual Channel Technology" and couldn't find any information about what this is on flash drives i thought it was b.s. thanks for the link, but i do feel the information should be on your site.

again, not trying to be a pain in the a$$, but with the questionable (imo) suggestion with the ati/crossfire/ram adds i was hoping this was not something like that, and it turned out not to be

good luck and i hope my criticism helps you guys out as i would like to see you taken more seriously (recently) than what it appears you are being taken atm from the enthusiasts market, at least on this board

bob