There’s a new technology many people now use to transfer large amounts of data easily without wires and the Internet. A memory stick has many names: USB pen, Compact Flash card, CF card, just to name a few. But they all accomplish the same goal: the safe and convenient transfer of […]

Popularity Index: 3%

The worldwide incorporation of the PCMCIA standard into laptop computers has simplified the once complicated world of portable computing. PCMCIA slots are kind of “catch all” bays into which an endless number of hardware devices could be inserted. The uses for PCMCIA are almost too numerous to count.
The following is an incomplete list […]

Popularity Index: 2%

As digital files continue to travel upwards in file size, so too do the size limits of multimedia memory cards. There have been a number of new technologies that have emerged which have greatly increased size limits. Specifically, two types of multimedia memory cards have emerged which have changed digital storage forever.
A Compact […]

Popularity Index: 2%

The PC Card revolutionized the way people thought about their personal computers. Before the PC Card, most system devices were internal or connected in a tangle of cables. The PC Card introduced the idea of removable data storage and I/O functions in a compact package that was hot-pluggable and adaptable. Within a […]

Popularity Index: 1%

Fortezza® PCMCIA cards provide a secure means of communications and data storage that is up to the standards of the National Security Administration. The United States government and military rely on the Fortezza® family of products on a grand scale. For the consumer, this means that Fortezza®-enabled products can be found easily, can […]

Popularity Index: 2%

The USB Implementers Forum’s introduction of the high speed USB 2.0 standard paved the way for the proliferation of video capture and playback products. Older USB standards were imminently compatible with other standards through the use of adapters, but the slower speeds of those older standards made it less attractive for the demands of […]

Popularity Index: 2%

It was only a matter of time before the worlds of personal computing and multimedia coalesced. Advances in digital transmission, storage, and viewing of content made digital technology attractive to the multimedia sector, and the wealth of potential media content made digital multimedia attractive to the computing sector. The days when you can […]

Popularity Index: 2%

Fortezza® PC Cards are secure PC Cards developed to be compatible with the National Security Agency’s encryption demands. The Fortezza® family of products is a direct result of US government security concerns, and is widely used across government and military applications. Only Fortezza®-enabled devices can read Fortezza® PC Cards, or communicate with other […]

Popularity Index: 2%

One of USB’s greatest strengths is its broad compatibility. The USB-IF (USB Implementers Forum) planned it that way, and has released a host of new standards to ensure USB remains universal as technology advances. USB adapters can connect to devices across a broad spectrum of standards, including IEEE1394 FireWire™, PCMCIA, and Ethernet, in […]

Popularity Index: 2%

The PC Card was first developed in the early 1990s as a type of removable memory expansion device. (Thus the name of the standard’s governing body, the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association.) As technological demands increased and breakthroughs were made, however, the PC Card started taking on a broader range of functions […]

Popularity Index: 2%