Lexar's 3.8 mm Muse, the "world's thinnest portable SSD," is so thin it doesn't even have room for a USB-C port
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What just happened? Lexar has just announced what it claims to be the world's thinnest portable SSD. Measuring just 3.8 mm (0.15 inches) and tapering to 1 mm (0.04 inches) at the edge, the Muse is so thin that it uses a proprietary snap-on cable to connect to the device instead of a USB-C port.
The new Lexar Muse Ultra-Slim Portable SSD, to give it its full name, has almost credit-card-like dimensions of 80 × 48 × 3.8 mm (3.15 x 1.89 x 0.15 inches).
Achieving those measurements meant that a regular USB-C port in the SSD wasn't an option. Lexar's solution is called SnapLink, a proprietary pogo-pin magnetic data connection. This uses a spring-loaded pin interface and N52-grade neodymium magnets.
The connector pairs with the SnapLink Magnetic Cable, which has a USB...
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