On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 23:54 +1300, RussellMc wrote:
> CF / Compact Flash strikes back.
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>       http://nikonrumors.com/2010/11/30/compactflash-is-not-dead-and-sand=
isk-sony-and-nikon-wants-to-make-it-better.aspx/comment-page-1
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> Just when the SD wannabee thought it was winning.
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> 500 MB/s (using PCI Express!)   (B, not b, they say).
> Addressing to 2 TB
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> 500 MB/s sounds awesomely fast.
> They you look at how long it would take to download 2 TB.
> 2000/0.5 =3D 4000 seconds =3D 67 minutes!
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> However, a nice little 64 GB card would download in a mere 2 minutes 10s =
or so.

Yup, saw the article, and to be frank, it's completely worthless.

Why? 2TB limit? What are they thinking? Flash capacities are already at
the 128GB range, 2TB is only a few years away, and yet they're coming up
with a standard that will limit capacity in just a couple years?

Moronic IMHO.

TTYL

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