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Lexar's new Muse SSD ditches USB-C for a magnetic pogo-pin connector

Lexar unveiled the Muse Ultra-Slim Portable SSD, a drive just 3.8mm thick that tapers to 1mm at its edge, making it too slim to house a standard USB-C port. Instead it connects via SnapLink, a proprietary magnetic pogo-pin cable, and comes with a mounting sleeve designed to attach to MagSafe-compatible Apple devices. It will ship in 512GB and 1TB versions later this year, rated at up to 1,050 MB/s read and 1,000 MB/s write speeds.

Lexar unveils Muse, a 0.15-inch portable SSD using magnetic pogo-pin cable

Lexar marked its 30th anniversary by launching the Muse, an external SSD measuring just 3.8mm thick, which the company calls the world's thinnest portable drive. To achieve that slimness, it uses a proprietary magnetic SnapLink cable with pogo pins instead of a built-in port, plus an optional sleeve that lets the drive attach magnetically to a phone. The drive offers USB 10 Gbps speeds, with claimed reads up to 1,050 MB/s and writes up to 1,000 MB/s.