Stevens, Hallam (2023) Who really invented the thumb drive?: The Ubiquitous USB Gadget is the Brainchild of an Unsung Singapore Inventor. IEEE Spectrum, 60 (2). pp. 26-31.

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Abstract

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. It was called the ThumbDrive. That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Today it is familiar worldwide.

Item ID:	78657
Item Type:	Article (Commentary)
ISSN:	1939-9340
Keywords:	Information storage, Companies, Drives, Universal Serial Bus, memory, Product design
Copyright Information:	© Copyright 2024 IEEE.
Funders:	National Heritage Board, Singapore
Date Deposited:	28 May 2024 04:48
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4410 Sociology > 441007 Sociology and social studies of science and technology @ 50% 46 INFORMATION AND COMPUTING SCIENCES > 4699 Other information and computing sciences > 469999 Other information and computing sciences not elsewhere classified @ 50%
SEO Codes:	22 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION SERVICES > 2203 Information services > 220302 Electronic information storage and retrieval services @ 100%
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