Toshiba is set to go up against Samsung in the storage market with the release of “whopper” sized USB drive.Toshiba will ship a 32GB USB flash drive to dealers by the end of the year.

The 32GB TransMemory U2K drive will be a limited-edition model with Windows ReadyBoost and will work with a downloadable password locking system.

Toshiba will also release 1GB-8GB USB drives in the TransMemory U2K series with ReadyBoost functionality in October. The feature lets Windows Vista PCs tap into a connected flash drive for additional system memory.

Pricing was not announced.