All types of Pen-Drive Memory - BEGINNER

Pen Drive: It is a flash drive, not a hard drive because it works with the flash memory card not using any mechanical arm that like used in the Hard Disk Drive of computers previously.

It is also known as a memory stick, USB Storage, USB Type C(3.0), USB Stick, Thumb Drive, Disk on key, flash memory drive, USB Drive etc like many more names for storing purpose.

Usage Of  Pendrive: The pen drive is about to store data into a portable storage drive, which has a USB(Universal Serial Bus) Connector to retrieve data anytime anywhere.

Key Components of Pendrive

• USB Connector
• Flash Memory Chip
• Micro Controller Chip

USB Connector: USB Connector used as a universal port and plug for sharing and transferring information. USB Connector in 2.0 Pendrives is an of Black/Dark Grey Color, and in 3.0 pen drive, it is the BLUE color connector to identify easily.

Flash Memory Chip: This is a component on basis of which the size of the pen drives very.It is possible of having multiple storage chips on the Board.

Micro Controller chip: The working of this component is to control the read and write operation, and control of the retrieving operations.

Types Of Pendrives In Market:

Wireless Memory Stick: As You use Pendrive in Your daily usage a new gadget also introduced with storing and same portability features name: Wireless Memory stick. It is a flash drive which provides a wireless feature to you. It has inbuilt wifi and battery(chargeable). You don't need to connect that stick to laptop or pc for reading its data. Just turn on its wifi hotspot and connect it with your smartphone by using the application provided from a brand.

Hybrid PenDrive:  Its a pen drive used from both backend and from frontend as a USB pen drive and OTG micro USB connector.

Card Reader Pendrive: It is a Pendrive Which is able to insert SD card in it.It has a mechanism inside the pen drive shaped cover; to connect SD card and convert SD Card into pen drive of that size instantly

Credit Card PenDrive: It is a pen drive used in form of the card shape to carry for portability.It is also called a transparent pen drive.

USB Storage Drive Used As: USB Spy Camera Pen; In The Shape Of Ring and much more...

SPEED

Transfer Speed: It is an initial calculated speed from which Read/Write Speed will come out.

Reading Speed: It is about performance speed during reading/fetching content from USB Drive

Writing Speed: It is a speed of importing data into pen drive more fastly 

Generation/History Of PenDrive:

Pen Drive 1.1: The 1st pen drive is sold by the IBM company which has 8 MB data storage capacity.It was the first storage drive which increased the capacity of storing data in that much amount(Huge).

Pen Drive 2.0: It  was a second upgraded version introduced in 2003; This pen drive is invented using half-duplex architecture for sharing and transferring information;

Half Duplex stand for one way communication at a time may sending or receiving data at a time. Initial calculated Transfer Rate: 480Mb/s But after accounting it calculated as ;Read Speed up to 35MB/s; Write speed up to 17MB/s.

Signature To Identify: Grey/Black USB Connector with 4 connector pin.

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PenDrive 3.0: It has a quite improved data transfer rate using full duplex architecture for sharing and transferring information.It is a 3rd generation improvement in pen drive sector.

Full Duplex stands here for about data sending and data receiving task simultaneously. Average Transfer Speed up to 5Gbit/s. Approx: Reading Speed: 200MB/s; Writing Speed: 40MB/s. Signature To Identify: Blue USB Connector having 9 Pins.

PenDrive 3.1: It is a pen drive introduced lastly about 2013, which provide average approx. 10Gb/s transfer speed; which is also upgraded two times As Gen1 And Gen2. Gen1 average USB 3.0 transfer Speed = 450MB/s. Gen2 average USB 3.0 transfer Speed = 1250MB/s. Transfer Speed is not a read/write speed.You can Buy This pen drive if you needed to do daily task approximately always.This will push your working speed more to done work fast.

Pen Drive 3.2: It is just in the news that it will provide you up to 950MB/s to 2500MB/s data transfer speed.I will provide you more update with the time.

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