Being successful in digital photography isn't just about which DSLR you spend your money on: it's the memory card you put inside it, too. Over the past few weeks, we've been testing the latest ...

A higher-performance revamp of CompactFlash could start arriving in cameras in 2009. But it's not compatible with today's standard, so prepare to toss your old cards. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET ...

Ninety-five percent of cameras today use Secure Digital memory cards. So why do CompactFlash allies think their format still stands a chance? Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

CompactFlash is going SATA-compatible through new CFast connectors. Why does this matter to you? Various electronics that use CompactFlash, like digital cameras, are now stuck in PATA (parallel ATA ...

CFast is a new, CompactFlash based card format which will use a SATA interface to deliver much faster data transfer. The cards, which will come to market in the next two years, offer theoretical ...

When designing embedded systems, the designer has many choices to make. If you sell thousands of units, you spend lots of time designing around the most inexpensive parts you can find. You design ...

CompactFlash - the memory card format still much loved by high-end camera manufacturers for its impressive storage capacity - has just got more impressive with the release of version 5.0 of the ...

The CompactFlash Association announced on Wednesday that it has adopted a new specification and format to replace the venerable CompactFlash memory card. Tongue-twistingly dubbed “XQD,” the PCI ...

CompactFlash cards have seemed downright bloated lately compared to some of the absolutely miniscule flash memory card formats coming out these days like mini SD and XD-Picture Card. Now there’s word ...

We've already heard a little bit about the new and improved CFast CompactFlash card standard developed by the CompactFlash Association, but it looks like things are now starting to firm up, including ...

The body responsible for setting the standards for CompactFlash cards, the CompactFlash Association, has announced the specs for the latest 5.0 revision of the mass storage format. CompactFlash 5.0 ...