Compact Flash

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PCMCIA ATA CompactFlash™ Memory Cards provide the ultimate in solid state performance for large data and storage solutions. Insert a ATA CompactFlash™ Card and increase the data storage of your notebook, palmtop, personal digital assistant (PDA), pen-based mobile computer, digital camera, or PCMCIA equipped PC.

The ATA CompactFlash™ Cards were designed specifically to be a mass storage device. The cards include an intelligent controller that provides two key features: flash media control and PC Card ATA (IDE) interface. Also included in the card's controller is a sophisticated defect and error management system. This system is analogous to the systems found in all magnetic disk drives. All of these control features are completely transparent to the host system and do not consume any user data space. ATA CompactFlash™ Card are 100% compatible with operating systems, utilities, and application programs that support IDE disk drives.

A CompactFlash memory card is a solid state disk card with a 50-pin connector. The pins provide a connection between the memory and the CompactFlash drive in your electronic device. CompactFlash cards are used more like a hard drive than RAM. They are designed with flash technology, a non-volatile storage solution that does not lose its information once power is removed from the card.

The cards contain no moving parts and are extremely rugged, providing much greater protection of data than conventional magnetic disk drives. CompactFlash cards are commonly used in portable applications such as digital cameras, digital music players, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and test equipment. When buying CompactFlash, be sure it is the type of memory card your device takes. CompactFlash Type I cards weigh just a half-ounce and are about the size of a matchbook (1.6" long, 1.4" high, and .13" thick). They are thinner and consume less power than Type II and Type III cards. They have two parallel rows of 25 pins on one edge of the card.

Flash memory is a solid-state, non-volatile, rewritable memory that functions like RAM and a hard disk drive combined. Flash memory stores bits of electronic data in memory cells, just like DRAM, but it also works like a hard-disk drive in that when the power is turned off, the data remains in memory. Because of its high speed, durability, and low voltage requirements, flash memory is ideal for use in many applications - such as digital cameras, cell phones, printers, handheld computers, pagers, and audio recorders.