CompactFlash 3.0 Spec Promises Speeds Up To 66MB/sec

[Ed Hansberry]

<a href="http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000047026347/">http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000047026347/</a><br /><br />The new CF 3.0 spec will allow transfer speeds in the range of 16MB/sec-66MB/sec, up to four times faster than the current 2.1 spec. On top of that it will support Ultra DMA 33 and Ultra DMA 66 interfaces which should help manage power consumption during transfers. I suspect new cards with the 3.0 spec will work in existing CF devices, but at the current 2.1 speeds. You'll need a new device that complies with the new spec to get those speeds.

[surur]

But I thought cf was dead? :?

Surur

[Jonathon Watkins]

But I thought cf was dead? :?

:lol: Who told you that? CF have always been and probably will remain faster and offer greater capacity than SD cards etc.

I don't see high end cameras changing from CF cards any time soon and I for one will want a CF slot on my PPC for a long time to come. Large capacity cheep media cards? Yes please. :mrgreen:

Remember, the holy trinity of media cards is CF, SD and MiniSD. :wink:

[surur]

But I thought cf was dead? :?

:lol: Who told you that?

It was SeanH and Loudmouth. You mean they were wrong ? 8O

:D :lol: :D :)

Surur

[jonathanchoo]

Since when has miniSD been called the holy trinity of flash memory?

[surur]

Remember, the holy trinity of media cards is CF, SD and MiniSD. :wink:

And the Satan called Memory Stick :twisted:

Surur

[Jonathon Watkins]

Since when has miniSD been called the holy trinity of flash memory?

Well, the timestamp of my message is 6:28 am and it's now 7.08, so I would say it's been called that for 40 minutes. :wink:

I've said it generally a few times before though. Why would you want anything other than these three? I'm actively avoiding buying anything that doesn't have one or more of these slots.

[jonathanchoo]

Personally I would avoid miniSD as well.

Just because it has the 'SD' on the front, to me its just another memory card format with less device supporting it than even Memory Stick or XD.

Anyway my 2Gb Sandisk Ultra-II SD card is due to arrive anytime soon!

[davea0511]

Remember, the holy trinity of media cards is CF, SD and MiniSD. :wink:

And the Satan called Memory Stick :twisted:

Surur
he he he he :D

[davea0511]

66 MB/s - IT'S ABOUT TIME! Of course it will probably be another 3 years before these devices hit the shelves. I'm not sure why Sandisk is dragging their feet on this - all they have to do is mux out the data so they can do more simultaneous writes. It must be the cost of on-board SRAM cache needed to do this that's keeping them from increasing the speeds right now.

With 66MB/s soon solid-state DV digicams will start becoming a reality. Then you'll see SNDK go to the moon (I've already made a load of $ from them - best stock I've ever owned).

This will also make having powererful solid state desktops and laptops a reality.

It also makes ipaqgeek's proposed CoreDump-FlashROM technology very doable (see http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34854&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;start=71 what he original called "Shadow ROM"). CoreDump-FlashROM is a technology that could give RAM amazing properties like non-volatility and low-power (Intel, AMD, Micron, etc have been investing billions, unsucessfully, into developing a economically viable memory with the same properties that ipaqgeek's solution could enable by using standard semiconductor processing).

[Sven Johannsen]

Viva la Compact Flash, yeehaa, arriba, arriba :snipersmile: (imagine him shooting into the air)