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Digital Media Guide Portable digital media for computers, digital cameras, and other devices kingston.com/flash Kingston ® , the world’ s leading independent manufacturer of memory products, sells .
COMMITTED T O MEMOR Y Flash Memor y: Empo w ering A New Generation of Flash Storag e De vices T oshiba invented flash memory in the 1980s as a new memor y technology that allowed stored data to be saved even when the memory device was disconnected from its power sour ce.
COMMITTED T O MEMOR Y 3. Reserving some cells to serve as “spares.” Flash memory cells have a long but finite lifetime. Therefore, some cells ar e held in reserve to replace any memory cells that may fail over time. 4. Creating a File Allocation T able (F A T) or other directory .
• Small Ph ysical Size (or Form Factor): Flash storage devices are designed to be easily transported. Convenience is an important criterion, especially for consumer and corporate applications.
• High-Quality Connectors: Kingston’ s flash storage devices have connectors rated for more than 10,000 insertions. • Operating T emperature and Humidity: 0° C ~ 60° C, 5% ~ 95% humidity • High-Capacity: Flash storage devices can pr ovide large storage capacities in a very small form factor .
NOR Flash NAND Flash High-speed Access Ye s Ye s Pa ge-Mode Data Access No Y es Random Byte Lev el Access Ye s N o T ypical Uses Cell Phones PD As BIOS Storage for PCs Digital Cameras Networking De vice Memor y MP3 pla yers Solid State Disk Drives Set-T op Boxes Industrial Storage (and pictures) remains saved on the flash storage device.
COMMITTED T O MEMOR Y For example, most digital cameras use NAND-Flash based digital film, as pictures are usually taken and stored sequentially . NAND-Flash is also more ef ficient when pictures are r ead back, as it transfers whole pages of data very quickly .
COMMITTED T O MEMOR Y Intel Corporation has introduced NOR StrataFlash™; AMD has intr oduced NOR MirrorBit™ Flash. Other semiconductor manufactur ers also manufacture their own multi-level cell technologies.
For details on USB Performance, refer to Appendix A. Some flash memory product manufacturers pr ovide “speed” ratings. However , due to a lack of industry standards, comparing dif ferent flash products may pr ove difficult for consumers.
D A T A TRA VELER 2.0: 7.2 COMP A CTFLASH (CF) CARDS CompactFlash, or CF cards, wer e the first small form factor flash cards intr oduced in 1994. CF cards incorporate a contr oller and are about the size of a matchbook. CompactFlash cards incorporate an Integrated Device Electr onics (IDE) interface similar to hard drives and A T A PC Cards.
Kingston offers standar d SD cards as well as high-performance Elite Pr o SD cards. 7.4 MUL TIMEDIA CARD (MMC) MultiMediaCards ar e one of the smallest flash cards available, about the size of a postage stamp. They were intr oduced in 1997 and initially used in the mobile phone and pager markets.
Digital media reader -writers can enable the uploading and downloading of data at higher speeds than a host device is capable of supporting; for example, a USB reader - writer will be much faster than a host device (such as a digital camera) using a serial interface.
• High Capacity: Up to 5 GB (5,000,000,000 bytes) of uncompressed storage capacity in a compact form-factor . Note that some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. • Operating Systems Compatibility: Compatible with PC and Macintosh operating systems.
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