COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION
AND THIRTY-THREE MEMBERS
EXHIBITING AT CES 2000
CF+™ and CompactFlash™ Are Today's Small Form Factor Card Standard
Las
Vegas, NV, December 27, 1999 - 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 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™ 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.