| A 2GB flash drive is a specific capacity model of the | | | | controller chip can write multiple sectors all at once, |
| basic USB pen drive. If you're looking for a convenient | | | | and it means you can save or retrieve data several |
| way to transfer data between your computers at | | | | times faster than a normal EEPROM chip would have |
| work and home, you're probably going to be fine with | | | | allowed. |
| a cheap 2GB USB flash drive. | | | | The first pen drives were just 8MB in capacity but at |
| These flash drives work on the principals of the | | | | the time when floppy with 1.44MB data storage was |
| EEPROM memory chip. These chips have been | | | | the market leader of rewritable storage media it was |
| around for two decades, but they were used for | | | | good enough to blow past the competition. Now there |
| something slightly different before flash chips were | | | | are 32GB and 64GB usb flash drives available, but the |
| introduced. The basic EEPROM has to be written in | | | | most popular version is still the 8GB pen drive. |
| one session and has to be erased completely before | | | | These are commonly accepted as standard because |
| anything else can be written on it. | | | | these are the smallest pen drives that can store a |
| These limitations didn't pose any obstacle for being | | | | whole DVD without having to split it first. If you don't |
| used as BIOS chips in most computers and basically | | | | care for DVD size files or your work doesn't involve |
| an electric device that needs to execute a program. | | | | you working with large files in general, a 1GB or 2GB |
| The manufacturer written the program in the chip and | | | | USB flash drive may be a better solution. |
| it was fine for 10 years. | | | | These are still able to hold a whole CD should you |
| Thanks to continuous development these chips | | | | ever need them to, but are cheap enough to even be |
| became suitable for data storage. Their capacity | | | | given away as part of a promotion. |
| skyrocketed and clever controller circuits now allow | | | | If you want to have a good quality 2GB device, try to |
| for segmented data storage. In plain English it means | | | | choose one from the most respectable memory |
| that you don't have to wait for the device to be | | | | manufacturers. Kingston, OCZ or Crucial is more or |
| completely erased if you want to copy a 5KB | | | | less a name that makes sure your flash drive will be |
| document on your thumb drive. | | | | fast enough and won't fail on you in a year. |
| It also turbo boosts write and read speeds, since the | | | | |