[December 18, 2009] LaCie and Symwave launch USB 3.0 Dual-Drive RAID storage solution Tweet (EquityBites Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) LaCie (Euronext:LAC), a provider of professional storage solutions, has collaborated with Symwave Inc (NASDAQ:SMSC), a silicon supplier of system solutions for SuperSpeed USB devices, to produce a first dual hard disk RAID storage solution based on the new SuperSpeed USB (3.0) standard, the companies announced today. Powered by Symwave's USB 3.0 standard-compliant dual SATA and RAID bridge controller, LaCie's 2Big USB 3.0, a dual-disk RAID 0/1 storage solution reportedly reaches the highest throughput ever achieved in a USB 3.0 external storage product. The 2Big USB 3.0 is bundled with backup software for both Mac and PC users and will be available in up to 4TB capacities in early 2010. The solution has been developed for users that require sizeable data flow and fast storage products and will enable transfer of high-definition uncompressed video at speeds up to 275MB/s burst read transfer speed, or simultaneously perform real time streaming and editing of multiple HD files. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]