Pretec, the flash pioneer since 1993, offering the fastest USB flash drive (266X), the fastest CF card (567X and 667X), fastest SD card (SDHC 233X C16 and SDXC), and the fastest 2.5” SATA II SSD drives (P4000 SSD series, up to 300MB/s) in the world, continues breaking its own world record to offer the “Cool Memories! The Ultimate in Style & Speed” with the new generation CFast Storage Card “Hypersonic series”, the fastest, highest capacity, and most rugged CFast in the world, at Computex Taipei 2010 (TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall, Lower Exhibition Hall booth J317a).
Pretec unveiled at CES 2009 the1st generation HYPERLINK “http://www.dpreview.com/news/0901/09010902preteccfaststoragecards.asp” CFast of 16GB and 32GB with transfer speed up to 100MB/s. By continuously focusing on innovative solutions to offer utmost performance of NAND Flash applications, the patent pending Pretec’s 2nd generation CFast “Hypersonic series” has reached the unparalleled speed, capacity and reliability. With the sequential performance up to 250MB/s in read, 110MB/s in write speed and dimension measured only 36mmx43mmX5.0mm, CFast Hypersonic is the smallest and fastest SATA II SSD in the world. Available in capacities from 16GB to 128GB, Pretec CFast Hypersonic is the highest capacity CFast in the world.
To address the reliability demand of the industrial applications, CFast Hypersonic also offers the optional ruggedized version, designed and constructed with precision mechanics and metal housing with superior ruggedness, making Pretec CFast Hypersonic the ideal storage solution for Industrial, embedded or PC users, such as IPC, Mobile Internet Device (MID), and Ultra-Mobile Personal Computer (UMPC) users who can now simultaneously obtain the desirable features of next generation fastest, smallest and reliable mobile storage.
CFast™ is developed by CompactFlash Association (www.compactflash.org) to break the speed limit from 133MB/s (PATA) to 375MB/s (SATA II) while keeping the small and popular original CF mechanical form factor. Pretec also offers CFast host connector and CFast to standard SATA adapter, so customers can evaluate or design-in CFast with ease. Pretec CFast Hypersonic will start sampling in June, with mass production scheduled by July of 2010.
About Pretec
Pretec™ ( HYPERLINK http://www.pretec.com http://www.pretec.com) offers a complete spectrum of small form factor memory cards and readers such as CF, SD/MMC, USB Flash Drive, and wireless communication devices for digital imaging, mobile communication, and industrial flash markets. As the 2nd company in the world to offer CF cards since 1995 and the company to create CF I/O and SD I/O cards since 1998, Pretec has consistently demonstrated the Largest capacity flash cards in the world: such as CF 3GB, 6GB, 12GB, 16GB, 24GB, 48GB, 64GB, 100GB and SD 4GB, SDHC 8GB 16GB 32GB; the fastest flash card in the world: such as CF 667X, world’s 1st CFast Storage Card, word’s 1st SDXC card, and USB 266X. With more than 200 patents granted or filed, Pretec has also been offering the smallest USB flash drive in the world with unique technology: such as i-Disk Tiny (“Best Gear of 2003” by TIME Magazine) and i-Disk Diamond; the most reliable flash card in the world: such as rugged PCMCIA, rugged CF card, and i-Disk Bulletproof, a water-proof, fire-proof, and bullet-proof USB flash drive. Pretec’s i-Disk BiBi USB flash drive, Plug2Go Smart Card Drive and IntellicableTM were respectively winners of Taiwan Excellence Award 2009 and Golden Pin Design Mark for their unique function and style.
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