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Flash Memory Chip | In general, flash storage devices built with | ||
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| (SLC) NAND Flash, such as Kingston’s Elite Pro Flash cards or | |
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| performance than the standard | ||
NAND Flash or | |||
Level Cell (MLC) and | |||
cards or DataTraveler. | |||
Cell (MBC) |
| Standard flash cards or the DataTraveler USB flash drives | |
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| deliver the best price/performance value for most users of | |
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| digital cameras, PDAs, mobile phones, and other electronic | |
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| devices. | |
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| Elite Pro flash cards or Data Traveler 2.0 USB flash drives will | |
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| deliver faster reads and writes, ideal for advanced users, | |
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| photography professionals, and enthusiasts. Of course, to | |
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| achieve the performance benefit of faster flash cards or USB | |
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| flash drives, users must have compatible | |
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| and properly configured computers. Some digital cameras and | |
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| other devices require SLC NAND flash based high- | |
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| performance flash cards for proper functionality. | |
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Host Consumer Devices | The | ||
flash drives in many consumer devices may have limited | |||
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Digital cameras, mobile phones, | bandwidth. Please consult your user manual or contact the | ||
device manufacturer for specifics. | |||
PDAs and other devices | All else being equal, the achievable performance level will be | ||
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| the minimum data transfer level supported by the host | |
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| controller or the flash card or USB flash drive. | |
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• Connecting | flash cards to | The USB 2.0 specification also includes the older USB 1.1 | |
specification for | |||
computers through | |||
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| USB Flash Drives and Digital Media | ||
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| the following logos to indicate performance levels: | |
• Connecting USB flash drives | USB logo: transfers data at a maximum of 12 | ||
directly to | a computer’s | ||
megabits per second (12 Mb/s or 1.5 MB/s). | |||
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| It is also referred to as Original USB or USB | |
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| 1.1, and is also compatible with USB 2.0 | |
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| Mb/s or 1.5 MB/s). | |
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| maximum of 480 megabits per second (480 | |
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| Mb/s or 60 MB/s). It is also called USB 2.0 | |
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| than USB and fully | |
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| with USB through its USB 2.0 | |
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| mode (with a maximum speed of 12 Mb/s | |
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| or 1.5MB/s). | |
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| If both the digital media card reader/writer and computer | |
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| properly support | |
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| Elite Pro flash cards will deliver greater performance over | |
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| standard flash cards. Similarly, Kingston’s DataTraveler 2.0 will | |
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| deliver higher performance on a computer supporting Hi- | |
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| Speed USB transfers. | |
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Please note: Some of the listed | capacity is used for formatting and | |
other functions and thus is | not available | for data storage. |
For more information, please consult Kingston’s Digital Media Guide | ||
at www.kingston.com/Digital_Media_Guide. | C O M M I T T E D TO M E M O R Y | |
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