GigaDrive, a young Chinese company, has just launched its first product: the GigaDrive external SSD. This compact and lightweight drive features a USB-4/Thunderbolt 4 connectivity, the casing is water, dust & shock-proof, and it can achieve speeds up to 2800MB/s. Let’s take a closer look at this external drive available in 1/2/4TB capacities. Over the past few years, we have seen more and more cameras that can directly record onto external SSD drives, like the Blackmagic Design Pocket Cinema Camera 4k/6K/6K Pro. Also, many companies started making compact, lightweight, and affordable external SSD drives, that can reach impressive reading/writing speeds. Thanks to advancements in today’s technology – especially NVMe SSD drives – it’s not rare to see drives reaching speeds over 1000MB/s, like the OWC Envoy Pro Elektron or the G-Technology ArmorLock SSD. Most of the time, the bottleneck of these external SSDs is not the drive inside but the connectivity. A young Chinese company called GigaDrive recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo with their first product – the GigaDrive – that can reach maximum speeds up to 2800MB/s and can survive under tough shooting conditions, which makes it perfect for filmmakers on the go. GigaDrive features The GigaDrive is a compact 114 x 37 x 12.5 mm / 4.5″ x 1.5″ x 0.5″ and lightweight (74g/2.6oz) external SSD made out of aluminum alloy and silicone. With an IP67 rating, the company claims it is water, dust, and shock-proof within limits: it can survive a 10 feet/3m drop and...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 7 April, 2021