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A-DATA previews 32GB ExpressCard flash drive and 266x CF

by Tarinder Sandhu on 5 June 2007, 13:11

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Computex 2007 Popping by the A-DATA stand during the first official day of COMPUTEX 2007, a couple products caught our attention. Well, to be brutally honest, we noticed the booth babes first and then the products.



The first was an ExpressCard-based flash drive. ExpressCard, if you don't know, interfaces via a PCIe x1 connection and, as such, provides a nominal 2.5GB/s of bandwidth in both directions. Whatever the real speed, it beats the hell out of PCMCIA and USB2.0. It's becoming pervasive on newer laptops and A-DATA has taken advantage by releasing a 32GB flash-based drive that plugs right on in.

[advert]No details were forthcoming on overall speed or price. A-DATA did say, though, that the 32GB model would be available in two versions, one with a mini-USB port, thereby adding another to your notebook.



It's also releasing a trio of USB stick drives that, frankly, didn't seem anything special. The PD17/18/19 drives are small, have various means of hiding the USB connector and are available in capacities of up to 2GB. They're all 'non-turbo' models, so transfer speeds will be sluggish.



Here's something a little faster. Compact Flash drives with a 266x rating (40MB/s) were announced by the likes of SanDisk and Transcend a short while back. Here's A-DATA's. Do you have need for this kind of speed? Let us know by clicking on the forum link at the top of this page.





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The first was an ExpressCard-based flash drive. ExpressCard, if you don't know, interfaces via a PCIe x1 connection and, as such, provides a nominal 2.5GB/s of bandwidth in both directions. Whatever the real speed, it beats the hell out of PCMCIA and USB2.0. It's becoming pervasive on newer laptops and A-DATA has taken advantage by releasing a 32GB flash-based drive that plugs right on in.

FYI ExpressCard is PCIe x1 OR USB 2.0. It has both and the version for the flash proabably uses the USB to avoid having to redesign for the USB version.