At its suite here atComputex, SK hynix showed off a Haechi H02 SSD cooler for the PS5 Slim, a 2TB model of the Beetle X31 portable SSD (to be available both in silver and gold finishes now), and a limited edition of the Tube T31 stick drive, one of thebest flash drives, with art that depicts characters from the game “Lies of P.”
It also seems that SK hynix and Hitach-LGData Storage (HLDS) are deepening their partnership. The two companiescollaborated on the development of the Tube T31 and its PS5 coolers, and HLDS has developed its own branded flash.
The companies plan to use the flash in mainstream storage products, like SATA and M.2 SSDs andexternal storagedrives. Some of these products will be branded Super Multi, a name from the heyday of LG optical drive days.
Some of these example drives are labeled solely with Super Multi logos, while others feature SK hynix and Super Multi branding. So it seems,unlike Plextor, at least one optical drive brand is still alive and kicking, with the help of one of the biggest names in DRAM and solid-state storage.
Packaging for the upcoming PCIe 5.0 SK Hynix Platinum P51 M.2 drive was also shown, promising read speeds of up to 13,500 MBps and writes of up to 11,500 MBps. The drive is set for launch in Q4 of this year, but the company was just showing off the box.
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