Manufacturer's Description
CompactFlash, which weighs a half-ounce and is the size of a matchbook, is an ultra-small, removable data storage system. Introduced in October, 1994, CompactFlash provides complete PC Card-ATA functionality and compatibility. CompactFlash has built-in, industry-standard compatibility because the 50-pin CompactFlash card can be easily slipped into a passive 68-pin Type II adapter card that fully meets PC Card electrical and mechanical interface specifications.
CompactFlash, was SanDisk's first product based on the company's 32Mbit technology. CompactFlash has been designed into more than 200 new mobile products, and more than 135 of those products including digital cameras, HPCs and audio recorders have been introduced. CF is widely used in digital cameras, PDAs, HPCs, personal communicators, medical monitors and audio recorders because it expands the functionality of those products and enables them to be smaller and lighter.
The CompactFlash Association (CFA), an organisation that supports the CompactFlash storage specification as a new industry storage standard has 137 member companies. SanDisk has transferred the CFA trademark and technical specifications to CFA, which makes it available under a royalty free licence to other third-party manufacturers who commit to develop, manufacture and supply CompactFlash products.