Buffalo Technology SuperSpeed USB3.0 External HDD

Buffalo Technology, a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of storage and wireless networking, has recently announced the very first SuperSpeed USB 3.0 external hard disk drive to the market, which is recently showcased at the USB 3.0 Intel Developer Forum 9 (IDF) in San Francisco on 22nd September, 2009.

The DriveStation HD-HXU3, which is available in different capacities like 1.0TB, 1.5TB and 2.0TB, offers a SuperSpeed transfer speeds of up to 125MB/s. It is also backwards-compatible and will work with all USB 2.0 enabled computers and notebooks.Aside from that, the company also launched the Buffalo USB 3.0 controller, IFC-PCIE2U3, that will provide users with the ability to take advantage of this new SuperSpeed, USB 3.0 technology. Availability should start for Europe, Middle East and Africa during Q4 2009.