Casper.Dik at Sun.COM wrote:
>> On 6/01/2010 5:44 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>>
>>> ..
>>> Several folks have asked me about just nuking pcmcia altogether. I
>>> personally don't think this is viable for several reasons:
>>>
>>> 1) CompactFlash adapters -- CF is still used in some cases, though
>>> there are cheap USB readers
>>>
>> Indeed.
>>
>> The PCMCIA CompactFlash adapter has a form factor that USB readers
>> cannot match: it usually slides right into the laptop and leaves nothing
>> protruding.
>>
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> The performance of the USB solutions isn't stellar but I'm not sure how
> fast the PCMCIA solution is. (CompactFlash currently supports speeds upto
> 90-120MB/s ("B" for bytes) and it's by far the fastest camera memory)
>
PCMCIA stops at 20 Mbps (b for bits). Its not performant. USB 1.1
maxes out at 11 Mbps. USB 2.0 goes a lot faster (480 Mbps I think.)
If it were possible to eliminate pcata it would eliminate quite a lot of
complex code. I've not looked seriously into this -- are folks using
pcmcia CF slots? Cardbus, PCI, or USB (2.0) are all vastly faster.
- Garrett
> Casper
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