An interesting piece of hardware, the AVB USB 2.0 mobile 4GB drive, a brand new dual channel SLC flash drive, has been reviewed at Bjorn3D.

SLC stands for single-level cell, and it is one of the two main types of flash memories, the other being MLC (multi-level cell). SLC flash memories have the advantage of a lower power consumption and a lower probability of data errors (see also this article for more details).

Another interesting feature of this pendrive is the dual-channel feature, that works in the same way of the dual-channel technology in mainboards, making this drive faster than single channel ones.

Three benchmark tests were executed in the Bjorn3D review:

• HD Tach RW v. 3.0.1.0
• HD Tune v. 2.52
• ATTO Disk Benchmarks

Test results are really interesting, and can found here.