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Transcend 8GB 120X CF Card

cosa — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:00:18 +0000

Another story from Transcend today. Along with the MMCmobile Memory Card, they’ve also unveiled their newest CompactFlash card, the 120X Ultra Perfomance 8GB CF Card. It claimed to have 20MB/s of read speed and 18MB/s of write speed. Hmmm, that’s strange. As far as I know, one X is equal to 150KB/s. So 120X is equal to 18MB/s, not 20MB/s. Maybe Transcend have their own X calculation?

Back to the CF Card. Transcen’s card utilizes UDMA (Ultra DMA) technology to achieve the high speeds (maybe that’s why the transfer speed jumped from 18 to 20?) and is designed with high-end digital cameras in mind. It is compatible with most digital camera that uses FAT32 filesystem for storing images, such as Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Konica Minolta and Sony.

Transcend 8GB 120X CF Card features:

Fully compatible with the CompactFlash Association and PCMCIA card standards
Built-in ATA interface
Built-in hardware RS-code ECC
Supports Multi-word DMA

It is also available in 2GB and 4GB capacities. They will be showing it off at CES 2006.

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GreenHouse 4GB 133x CF Card

cosa — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:00:04 +0000

GreenHouse is going to release their new 4GB 133x Type I CF card in Japan. This is faster than the previously released 4GB CF card from Kingston which has 100x data transfer (write) speed. Incase you don’t remember, 1X is equal to 150KB/s. So GreenHouse’s CF card can achieve almost 20 MB/s write speed. Isn’t that excellent?

According to the manucfaturer, another capacity variants will be available too. Including 256MB, 512MB, 1GB and 2GB versions. They will be available in the middle of December. Pretty soon I guess.

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Kingston Release CompactFlash With 100X Write Speed

cosa — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:00:16 +0000

Kingston has just released their new lines of “Ultimate” CompactFlash featuring 100X write speed (15MB/s). Not as fast as hard disk drive though, but for a mini storage device, they are a quickie. Available in 1GB ($89), 2GB ($159), and 4GB ($289) variants, these CF cards are compatible with PC Card Type II adapters. All cards come with a lifetime warranty and 24/7 support.

Value of X = 150 KB/s
100X = 100 x 150 KB/s = 15,000 KB/s = 15 MB/s

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WiFi CF Cards for Mobile Phone

cosa — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:00:58 +0000

Sophia System, a Japanese company, have created the first CF (Compact Flash) card that can provide WiFi access to cell phone. Currently, the card only compatible with Windows CE Operating system, but according to the company, WiFi card with Windows Mobile OS compability will be available at the end of the year. The card also allows access into the PHS net where the customer can also look forward to effective cost savings.

PHS systems are based on a combination of TDD and TDMA access. To put it rather simply, this technology makes it possible for the service provider to offer the user data transfers at cheaper rates since it operates at a lower mW power rating and has a smaller range.

Codenamed “SGVP”, the WiFi card is available in two packages: the stand alone edition, or bundled with the terminal – manufactured by the same company.

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