KINGSTON Digital Media Guide - Manuals

Page 2 - I N C O N S U M E R D E V I C E S , F L A S H M E M O RY I S W I D E LY U S E D I N :; Flash Card or USB Flash Drive Capacity; FLASH MEMORY

C O M M I T T E D TO M E M O R Y Flash Memory: Empowering A New Generation of FlashStorage Devices Toshiba invented flash memory in the 1980s as a new memory technology thatallowed stored data to be saved even when the memory device was disconnectedfrom its power source. Since then, flash memory tec...

Page 3 - Features of Kingston’s Flash Storage Products; • Flash Storage Device Warranty:

C O M M I T T E D TO M E M O R Y 3. Reserving some cells to serve as “spares.” Flash memory cells have a long but finite lifetime. Therefore, some cells are held in reserve to replace any memory cells thatmay fail over time. 4. Creating a File Allocation Table (FAT) or other directory. To enable fla...

Page 5 - Non-Volatile NOR and NAND Flash Technologies

• High-Quality Connectors: Kingston’s flash storage devices have connectors rated for more than 10,000 insertions. • Operating Temperature and Humidity: 0° C ~ 60° C, 5% ~ 95% humidity • High-Capacity: Flash storage devices can provide large storage capacities in a very small form factor. This flexi...

Page 6 - NAND FLASH MEMORY

NOR Flash NAND Flash High-speed Access Yes Yes Page-Mode Data Access No Yes Random Byte Level Access Yes No Typical Uses Cell Phones PDAs BIOS Storage for PCs Digital Cameras Networking Device Memory MP3 players Solid State Disk Drives Set-Top Boxes Industrial Storage (and pictures) remains saved on...

Page 8 - Flash Storage Device Performance; • The specific Flash memory chips used:; • The host device to which the Flash storage device is connected to:; If the host

C O M M I T T E D TO M E M O R Y Intel Corporation has introduced NOR StrataFlash™; AMD has introduced NORMirrorBit™ Flash. Other semiconductor manufacturers also manufacture their ownmulti-level cell technologies. NAND MLC Flash technologies were introduced in late 2002, and Kingston hasincorporate...

Page 9 - For details on USB Performance, refer to Appendix A.; Kingston’s Flash Card Product Lines; INTERFACE

For details on USB Performance, refer to Appendix A. Some flash memory product manufacturers provide “speed” ratings. However, due toa lack of industry standards, comparing different flash products may prove difficultfor consumers. Kingston continuously works closely with global semiconductor and co...

Page 10 - CompactFlash cards come in a Type I form factor:

DATATRAVELER 2.0: 7.2 COMPACTFLASH (CF) CARDS CompactFlash, or CF cards, were the first small form factor flash cards introduced in1994. CF cards incorporate a controller and are about the size of a matchbook.CompactFlash cards incorporate an Integrated Device Electronics (IDE) interfacesimilar to h...

Page 11 - SMARTMEDIA CARDS; Digital Media Reader-Writers

Kingston offers standard SD cards as well as high-performance Elite Pro SD cards. 7.4 MULTIMEDIACARD (MMC) MultiMediaCards are one of the smallest flash cards available, about the size of apostage stamp. They were introduced in 1997 and initially used in the mobile phoneand pager markets. Today, the...

Page 12 - Kingston’s DataPak

Digital media reader-writers can enable the uploading and downloading of data athigher speeds than a host device is capable of supporting; for example, a USB reader-writer will be much faster than a host device (such as a digital camera) using a serialinterface. If a host device does not support hig...

Page 13 - Note that some of the listed capacity is used for; • Operating Systems Compatibility:; Device Compatibility:; For More Information:

• High Capacity: Up to 5 GB (5,000,000,000 bytes) of uncompressed storage capacity in a compact form-factor. Note that some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. • Operating Systems Compatibility: Compatible with PC and Macintos...

Page 14 - Host Consumer Devices; • Connecting flash cards to

FLASH MEMORY KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY 14 kingston.com/flash C O M M I T T E D TO M E M O R Y © 2004 Kingston Technology Company, Inc. 17600 Newhope Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 USA (714) 435-2600 Fax (714) 435-2699 Printed in the USA MKF-403.6All rights reserved. All trademarks and registered tradem...