Sm3267ae 'link' Today

If you buy a “1TB USB 3.0” flash drive that uses SM3267AE, it is almost certainly fake. Here’s why:

In comparison, dual-channel controllers like SM3268 can exceed 200 MB/s read. However, for budget drives and many repair scenarios, this performance is sufficient. sm3267ae

Unfortunately, the SM3267AE is heavily abused in “fake” 1TB/2TB USB drives. Fraudsters configure the controller to report any capacity (e.g., 2TB) while the real flash is only 8GB or 16GB. When written beyond real capacity, data is silently overwritten. If you buy a “1TB USB 3