CompactFlash 5.0 Specifications Offer Petabytes Of Theoretical Storage
By Matt J. Weiss, February 24, 2010 @ 02:56 PM (EST)
The CompactFlash Association (yes, this exists) has announced the CF5.0 specifications which will offer greater storage capacities and transfer speeds. The new CF media would enable 48-bit support, as compared to the current 28-bit, increase the data transfer unit size from 128KB/s to 32 MB/s and offer a theoretical maximum storage of 144 petabytes, yes petabytes, as opposed to the measly 137 GB maximum now. Thats, 144,000,000 GBs, over a 1,000,000 times more storage than the old version. Pygmy seahorses everywhere are rolling their eyes!
This is all just theoretical specifications because we are far away from a card or camera that can handle these specs. Clearly, the CompactFlash Association is aiming these specs towards video users, but could be also geared towards the new HD shooting SLRS.
This is all just theoretical specifications because we are far away from a card or camera that can handle these specs. Clearly, the CompactFlash Association is aiming these specs towards video users, but could be also geared towards the new HD shooting SLRS.
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