ExpressCard 2.0 5Gbps for 10x faster cards
gadgetbear | Electronics, Gadgets9 Jun 2009
Apple may have dumped ExpressCard from their new MacBook Pro models, but PCMCIA - the organization behind the expansion card standard – are striding ahead with the official release of ExpressCard Standard 2.0. Transfer speeds are reportedly boosted by up to 10-times compared to ExpressCard 1.2, the existing standard, and there’s also support for SuperSpeed USB 3.0.
In fact the up to 5Gbps bandwidth will make ExpressCard 2.0 even more useful for adding eSATA ports and high-speed storage such as the latest breed of SSDs. PCMCIA also envisage it being useful for streaming video and audio adapters.
As we already knew, ExpressCard 2.0 is also backward-compatible with previous cards, so existing accessories - such as 3G data cards – will work in the new sockets. The first products using the new standard are expected to reach the market in 2011.
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