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Press Release:

Las Vegas, USA. January 8th 2009 –– Pretec, as the 2nd in the world to offer CF card (1995) and the producer of the world’s largest capacity CF card (64GB), proudly unveils at CES 2009 today the Pretec CFast™Storage Card, another breakthrough in the flash. Pretec CFast™Storage Card is a revolutionary product with CF card sized form factor incorporating the key strength of high speed SATA interface.

Pretec 333X CF card, the highest speed CF card in the world released on September 2008 at Photokina is running at the speed up to 50MB/s, such traditional CF standard adopts PATA standard with maximum transfer speed of 133MB/s, will soon become the bottleneck for the ever increased speed demand of SSD. CFastâ„¢is developed by CompactFlash Association (www.compactflash.org) to break the speed limit from 133MB/s (PATA) to 375MB/s (SATA) while keep the small and popular original CF mechanical form factor. Pretec CFastâ„¢Storage Card contains a single chip controller and flash memory module(s) in a matchbook-sized package with a 7+17-pin connector that consists of a SATA compatible 7 pin signal connector and a 17 pin power and control connector. This single chip controller interfaces with a host system allowing data to be written to and read from the flash memory module(s). Measured only 36mmX43mm, Pretec CFastâ„¢Storage Card is the smallest SATA interfaced SSD in the world. (more…)

Larger Capacity Ideal Match for Recording High-Quality Video with Digital HD Video Camcorders

Fountain Valley, CA August 12, 2008 — Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping a 32GB Elite Pro SDHC Flash memory card for use with today’s digital video camcorders and other high-resolution imaging devices. The new 32GB card is the largest capacity in Kingston’s Elite Pro line of SDHC cards, which currently includes 4-, 8- and 16GB capacities.
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Stores 1 Million Photos, 350,000 MP3 songs, or 500 DVD Quality Movies Features One Central Plug & Play Access Point for Connecting Multiple Devices

August 6, 2008 Woodstock, IL — Newer Technology, Inc., the leading developer of PC, Macintosh, iPod, and iPhone performance upgrades and accessories, today announced the new miniStack v2.5 FireWire 400/USB 2.0 powered hub storage solution, a new addition to the award-winning NewerTech miniStack line of small footprint, high performance Plug & Play external powered hub storage solutions.
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Los Angeles, California, July 17, 2008 — Digital Foci, Inc. announced Photo Safe II, the ultimate photo companion for travelers. Photo Safe II provides portable on-the-road digital photo storage with 80GB and 160GB hard drives and built-in memory card readers, so you can quickly and securely save your digital photos wherever you go. Photo Safe II lets you keep snapping away without worrying about losing important photos or running out of memory card space while on the road.
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Announcement Date: 18 June 2008

Fujifilm UK Ltd has announced the launch of a new 310x version of its CompactFlashTM card. The Fujifilm Professional UDMA enabled 310x CompactFlashTM card offers the fastest sustained write speed of any memory card available today.

Using a specially designed controller and the latest SLC flash memory chips, the Fujifilm 310x CompactFlashTM card is available in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB capacities.

This memory card provides support for the latest generation of UDMA compatible digital SLRs and professional video cameras. With a staggering sustained write speed of 46.5MB/sec, the Fujifilm 310x CompactFlashTM card will cope with every picture a professional photographer could ever want to take and more!

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