Kingston Technology Digital Media Guide specifications Flash Memory Chip

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Flash Memory Chip		In general, flash storage devices built with Single-Level Cell
Technology		(SLC) NAND Flash, such as Kingston’s Elite Pro Flash cards or
		the Hi-Speed USB DataTraveler 2.0, will deliver higher
Single-Level Cell (SLC) vs. Multi-		performance than the standard Multi-Level Cell (MLC)
		NAND Flash or Multi-Bit Cell (MBC) NAND Flash based
Level Cell (MLC) and Multi-Bit
		cards or DataTraveler.
Cell (MBC)		Standard flash cards or the DataTraveler USB flash drives
		deliver the best price/performance value for most users of
		digital cameras, PDAs, mobile phones, and other electronic
		devices.
		Elite Pro flash cards or Data Traveler 2.0 USB flash drives will
		deliver faster reads and writes, ideal for advanced users,
		photography professionals, and enthusiasts. Of course, to
		achieve the performance benefit of faster flash cards or USB
		flash drives, users must have compatible high-speed devices
		and properly configured computers. Some digital cameras and
		other devices require SLC NAND flash based high-
		performance flash cards for proper functionality.
Host Consumer Devices		The built-in controller interfacing with flash cards or USB
		flash drives in many consumer devices may have limited
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
		the minimum data transfer level supported by the host
		controller or the flash card or USB flash drive.
• Connecting	flash cards to	The USB 2.0 specification also includes the older USB 1.1
		specification for backward-compatibility reasons.
computers through 4-in-1,
6-in-1 media reader-writers		USB Flash Drives and Digital Media Reader-Writers require
		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).
USB slot		It is also referred to as Original USB or USB
		1.1, and is also compatible with USB 2.0
		Full-Speed (with a maximum speed of 12
		Mb/s or 1.5 MB/s).
		Hi-Speed USB logo: transfers data at a
		maximum of 480 megabits per second (480
		Mb/s or 60 MB/s). It is also called USB 2.0
		Hi-Speed. Hi-Speed USB is up to 40X faster
		than USB and fully backward-compatible
		with USB through its USB 2.0 Full-Speed
		mode (with a maximum speed of 12 Mb/s
		or 1.5MB/s).
		If both the digital media card reader/writer and computer
		properly support Hi-Speed USB, Kingston’s High Performance
		Elite Pro flash cards will deliver greater performance over
		standard flash cards. Similarly, Kingston’s DataTraveler 2.0 will
		deliver higher performance on a computer supporting Hi-
		Speed USB transfers.

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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