Intelligent Stick
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"Intelligent Stick" is a brand name for a USB flash drive
memory card
which was developed by the Power Quotient International (PQI) company in 2002. Also called "I-Stick".http://www.pqi.com.tw/product.asp?cate1=3
It was an innovative package -- minimalistic, extremely compact, not using a full standard USB A-type connector, but compatible enough to be able to plug into a standard A-type slot. A significant drawback is that the very small size makes it very easy to misplace. A holder is offered to make it the size of a standard USB flash drive.
The faster "170X" version offered unusually high claimed speeds of about 25 MB
/s, at the time of introduction in about 2004. (The X1 reference speed is the original CD data rate of 150 kB
/s.) By 2006, USB flash drives are commonly available with claimed speeds of 10-25 MB/s. Nevertheless, typical overall data throughput speeds on ordinary computers are often only about 3-10 MB/s in actual use, due to a variety of factors.
USB flash drive
A flash drive is a data storage device that consists of flash memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus interface. flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than a floppy disk. Most weigh less than 30 g...
memory card
Memory card
A memory card or flash card is an electronic flash memory data storage device used for storing digital information. They are commonly used in many electronic devices, including digital cameras, mobile phones, laptop computers, MP3 players, and video game consoles...
which was developed by the Power Quotient International (PQI) company in 2002. Also called "I-Stick".http://www.pqi.com.tw/product.asp?cate1=3
It was an innovative package -- minimalistic, extremely compact, not using a full standard USB A-type connector, but compatible enough to be able to plug into a standard A-type slot. A significant drawback is that the very small size makes it very easy to misplace. A holder is offered to make it the size of a standard USB flash drive.
The faster "170X" version offered unusually high claimed speeds of about 25 MB
Megabyte
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission with two different values depending on context: bytes generally for computer memory; and one million bytes generally for computer storage. The IEEE Standards Board has decided that "Mega will mean 1 000...
/s, at the time of introduction in about 2004. (The X1 reference speed is the original CD data rate of 150 kB
Kilobyte
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information. Although the prefix kilo- means 1000, the term kilobyte and symbol KB have historically been used to refer to either 1024 bytes or 1000 bytes, dependent upon context, in the fields of computer science and information...
/s.) By 2006, USB flash drives are commonly available with claimed speeds of 10-25 MB/s. Nevertheless, typical overall data throughput speeds on ordinary computers are often only about 3-10 MB/s in actual use, due to a variety of factors.