CompactFlash Association & Thirty-Three Members Exhibiting at CES 2000; CF+ and CompactFlash Are Today's Form Factor Card Standard
Updated 4:12 PM ET December 27, 1999
LAS VEGAS (BUSINESS WIRE) - The CompactFlash Association will be demonstrating that CF+ and Compact Flash cards provide MORE at CES 2000 (1/6-9/00) in booth 4325.
CompactFlash card slots are in MORE (over 100) digital cameras, MORE (over 60) handheld/palm-size PCs and MORE (over 40) other electronic platforms including heart monitors, defibrillators, printers, MP3 players, voice recorders, etc. than any other small form factor card or module.
CompactFlash cards have MORE compatibility and have MORE interchangeable than any other small form factor card or module.
CompactFlash and CF+ cards have MORE data storage capacity. CompactFlash card capacities have reached 320MB. IBM's CF+ microdrive (being demonstrated in the CFA booth) has a capacity of 340MB.
CF+ I/O cards provide MORE communications capability. Ethernet, modem, serial, parallel, SCSI, digital phone, Bluetooth and Ethernet wireless cards are all available.
CF+ cards do MORE, with wand barcode scanners, laser barcode scanners and GPS cards available.
CompactFlash and CF+ cards have MORE manufacturers than any other small form factor card.
CompactFlash can be used to store pictures taken with any CompactFlash or PC card, ATA compatible digital camera. The photo files can then be transferred to desktop PCs through high speed, low cost reader/writers that attach to the parallel port, USB port or CF slots included in photo printers.
The ease and speed of photo file transfers will be demonstrated in the CFA booth. CompactFlash cards are currently available up to 128MB and provide the best storage solution for the new megapixel cameras, handheld/palm-size PC and other devices.
The CompactFlash Standard ensures that today's and tomorrow's digital cameras will be compatible with even higher capacity CF cards, as they become available. The CFA has a certification program that ensures the compliance of all CompactFlash cards with the CompactFlash Specification. Products that have passed the certification program carry the CF(TM) logo. Compatibility and interchangeability of all CompactFlash products have been major advantages for CompactFlash. CompactFlash is the only small form factor data storage card that provides product compatibility certification ensuring users that the CompactFlash cards they buy today and in the future are all interchangeable and compatible.
In addition to CompactFlash data storage cards, there are CF+ cards that provide I/O capability (serial, Ethernet, fax/modem, SCSI, bar code readers, etc.) and the IBM microdrive, a disk drive in a CF+ Type II package.
Thirty-three CFA members are exhibiting at CES 2000. Please visit CFA booth 4325 and member company booths.
3Com
Askey Computer
Canon(1)
Casio
CIS Technology
Compaq
Delkin Devices(1)
FEIYA(1)
Fuji Photo Film
Hewlett-Packard
Hitachi(1)
IBM(1)
Intel
Kingston Technology(1)
Lexar Media
Memory Corp.
Microsoft
MicroTech(1)
Motorola
National Semiconductor
Nokia
Olympus
Panasonic
Polaroid
SanDisk(1)
Sanyo
SCM Microsystems(1)
Sharp
Silicon Storage Tech.(1)
Sony
TDK
Victor Company
Wintec Industries(1)
(1) Exhibiting in CFA booth 4325
CompactFlash cards meet all PCMCIA standards. A CompactFlash card can be easily removed from a camera, handheld PC, Palm-size PC, AutoPC or other host system and slipped into a low cost, high transfer rate, reader/writer to move files instantaneously to a desktop PC. Files can be transferred to a notebook computer the same way or a low cost adapter is available to allow a CF card to be inserted directly into a PCMCIA card slot.
The CFA was founded by twelve companies in October 1995 and now has 144 member companies.
The CompactFlash Association is a non-profit, mutual-benefit corporation that promotes adoption of CF+ and CompactFlash as a worldwide, ultra-small, removable data storage card.
The latest CompactFlash and CF+ Specification Version 1.4 incorporates I/O functions (fax/modem, Ethernet, serial, SCSI, bar code reader, etc.) into the CF form factor.
The CFA, which makes the CompactFlash, CFA logo and CF logo trademarks available royalty-free to member companies, is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.
The CF+ and CompactFlash Specification is available to download free from the CFA web site at compactflash.org
Note to Editors: The CFA (logo), CF (logo) and CF+ are trademarks of the CFA and are licensed royalty free to its members
The CFA is a licensee of the CompactFlash trademark and in turn licenses it royalty-free to its members.
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