The Atom EX40 High-Intensity USB4 NVMe SSD takes portable performance to the next level with USB4 speeds up to 4,000 MB/s,
Introducing the all new Atom EX.
Rugged, High-Speed NVMe SSDs Built for High-Intensity, Demanding Creative Workflows
Atom EX40 High-Intensity USB4 NVMe SSD
USB4 speeds up to 4,000 MB/s. Multi-stream 8K footage, oversized RAW files, massive VFX timelines, and seamless media backup capability. The EX40 powers through it all with speed to spare.
Atom EX20 High-Intensity NVMe SSD
With USB-C connectivity and up to 2,100MB/s read/write speeds, creators can edit 4K footage on location, offload massive photo libraries in seconds, and keep audio workflows running smoothly.
High-intensity isn’t just a marketing term.
These drives are built for real production environments. Long takes, large files, continuous writes, and deadlines that don’t pause for thermal throttling. When you’re dumping cards on set, backing up a full day of footage, or working directly off an external drive, performance isn’t about a momentary burst. It’s about whether your SSD can maintain speed hour after hour, terabyte after terabyte. That’s what we mean by high-intensity SSDs: sustained performance under sustained pressure.
Increased Thermal Ceiling
Solid aluminum core and outer shell allow Atom EX to remove significantly more heat from the internal components. Allowing for higher sustained speeds and increased reliability.
Rugged and Travel Safe
Designed to endure the elements with MIL-Standard 810F rating for shock, vibration, and dust resistance. Aluminum exo-skeleton with soft composite bumper keeps your files secure and surrounding gear safe.
Comprehensive Warranty
Every Glyph drive comes with our industry leading 3-2-1 warranty. Three years of full hardware coverage, including the cables. Two years of Level-1 data recovery, and one year of advanced replacement.
Production-Grade Storage
Glyph has been in the storage game for over 32 years and trusted by creative professionals around the globe. Whether you are a filmmaker, photographer, or aspiring music producer, you can trust Glyph when it matters most.
Most SSDs aren’t designed for this kind of work.. but their spec sheets won't admit it.
Nearly every drive on the market is advertised using peak speeds measured in short, idealized bursts. In real workflows, those speeds collapse once caches fill and heat builds. The result: transfer times that stretch unpredictably and slowdowns you can feel in the middle of a job. We design our drives around sustained throughput, not headline numbers. The chart below illustrates what we're talking about.
How Long to Write 1TB of Media?
We compared Atom EX40 to the fastest available portable SSDs from other manufacturers and asked a simple question. How much time to write 1TB of media? (Test machine: TB5 equipped Mac Studio, M4 Max/4TB SSD/128GB RAM)
| SSD Brand | Data Written | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Glyph Atom EX40 USB4 2TB SSD | 1TB | 4:53 |
| Sandisk ExtremePro USB4 2TB SSD | 1TB | 9:19 |
| Lacie Rugged SSD Pro Thunderbolt 5 4TB SSD | 1TB | 9:50 |
| OWC Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 2TB SSD | 1TB | 11:55 |
| Oyen U34 USB4 4TB SSD | 1TB | 12:01 |
| ProGrade Digital PG10 v2 USB4 2TB SSD | 1TB | 12:06 |
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Atom EX40 High-Intensity USB4 NVMe SSD
USB4 speeds up to 4,000 MB/s. Multi-stream 8K footage, oversized RAW files, massive VFX timelines, and seamless media backup capability. The EX40 powers through it all with speed to spare.
Atom EX20 High-Intensity NVMe SSD
With USB-C connectivity and up to 2,100MB/s read/write speeds, creators can edit 4K footage on location, offload massive photo libraries in seconds, and keep audio workflows running smoothly.