SanDisks prototype 8TB external SSD is the biggest ever made

At CES, huge storage in tiny flash drives is practically a tradition, and once again, SanDisk has delivered with a prototype of a new 8TB portable SSD, the biggest external SSD ever made. But despite that huge amount of storage, the 8TB drive is also comparatively tiny — it can easily fit in your pocket, just like any other external SSD.

Of course, stuffing huge amounts of memory into a tiny package is SanDisk’s bread and butter: just look at last year’s CES prototype, a mere 4TB external SSD that was similarly palm sized. And while the drive itself isn’t for sale, it does offer some impressive specs, with support for the SuperSpeed USB transfer protocol at up to 20 Gbps.

And while the 8TB drive is just a prototype,...

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