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Quite interesting, all sorts of inside ports can be used to plug flash memory:
http://www.supertalent.com/products/ssd_category_detail.php?type=FDM

The little ones to plug into usb3 ports are 32g already... I'm often finding myself with unused usb connectors on the motherboard these days. There is also sata and pata.

Yeah I actually have a 64GB and a 128GB Patriot xporter. But that is not my point. In the article there are linked pictures, where it actually shows the devices, prior to them being just a connector sticking from the wall and based on their small size they could not be any bigger than 4-8GB.

You really can't tell much about the capacity of a stick from its external dimensions. Here's a tiny 64 GB stick: http://www.supertalent.com/products/stt_usb_detail.php?type=Pico-C%2064GB (31.3mm x 12.4mm x 3.4mm)

Well, I reloaded the cited page with JavaScript enabled: still no "super Digital" cards listed. I see the following: CFast Cards, Secure Digital Cards, High Capacity SD Cards, MicroSD Cards, MicroSDHC, CompactFlash Cards, I-Temp CF Cards, and MiniSD Cards. All the 'SD' cards use the "Secure Digital" logo.

Super Talent Secure Digital card also provides security feature called Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM), which enables a new distribution system for music and other commercial media and assures a high level of protection against illegal copying.

- http://www.supertalent.com/products/sd_detail.php?series=Secure Digital Cards

If it makes you feel any better I am thinking of trying MMC cards to see it the problems I have experienced with SD cards are simply due to Crappy card readers. Very few are actually USB certified. Even some that have the logo don't appear to be on the list. I am going to have to investigate whether is is possible to certify a card reader implementing CPRM (because it breaks the generic mass storage device driver). If is possible that the certified devices are only tested with CF or MMC cards.

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD_card#DRM_features :

Super*Talent, a manufacturer of computer memory, has created the "Super Digital" card. They are the same in appearance and function as regular Secure Digital cards, but they lack the CPRM code commonly found in Secure Digital cards.

The cited reference is here. I'm not sure you'll be able to view it, however, because it seems to require Javascript.

He probably means the TRIM firmware updates discussed on Anandtech from:

• Intel*
• Crucial
• SuperTalent
• OCZ

* Admittedly, Intel's pulled theirs temporarily due to issues.

speeds were quite a bit slower then

I beg to differ.
Did you notice that most manufacturers only advertise read speeds nowadays?
With the wholesale move from SLC to MLC, write speeds dropped (as well as reliability).

Since then, I only buy flash devices with mechanisms where the USB connector retracts into a solid housing. Sure, you have an elevated risk of gunk from your pocket getting into the connector because it isn't covered, but at least you don't have the flexing problem.

Or you could just get something like this.

This is so true. Look at the data sheets of these drives: http://www.supertalent.com/products/ssd_detail.php?type=DuraDrive%20ET

The SuperTalent Pico drives (in particular the C) are smaller. I recently purchased a 4gb model for half the price of these. You can also get the Pico with 8gb. I am not impressed with what Corsair is offering.

Super Talent are already doing this, but have only reached 16gb
http://www.supertalent.com/press/ide.php/

These drives are on sale - I saw a site that sold them for about GBP 370. One year manufacturer's warranty, so I guess they usually last at least that length of time under a 'common usage' scenario.

I could use sub-16GB for work stuff, though I couldn't fit all my music on that, obviously. I would absolutely require 1GB of RAM so as to avoid any need for swap.

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