Kingston releases 600 x CompactFlash card

Kingston has announced the Ultimate 600 x (90 MB/s) UDMA CompactFlash memory card with a capacity of 32 GB and 16 GB. The fastest CF card of a company to date, it complements HD movie recording capabilities and continuous shooting speed of the newest UDMA-capable DSLRs. Kingston joins the list of manufacturers of 600 x cards including a 64 GB version of SanDisk.
Press release:

High speed, high-capacity media Supports UDMA mode 6; addition performance of high-end digital SLR cameras
Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom-28 september 2010-- Kingston Digital Europe Ltd, a subsidiary of Kingston Technology Company Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the release of its Ultimate CompactFlash (CF) memory card. 600 x CompactFlash Ultimate 600 x supports UDMA mode 6 and offers read and write speeds of up to 90 MB/s as a result of which the fastest card Kingston Technology in support of high-end digital cameras and other devices.
"600 x Kingston Ultimate CF cards are ideal for photographers who shoot in burst mode. for example, if you are in a situation such as a marriage or sporting event which the ability to quickly consecutive images can make the difference between the perfect photo to capture or just missing," said Steve Hall, EMEA product development manager of flash, Kingston Technology "we are pleased to receive the map 600 x CompactFlash our family of products that are also of the Ultimate 266 x and 133 x Elite Pro ™ cards Add."
Results for the Kingston Ultimate 600 x CF is available with a capacity of 16 GB and 32 GB in support of the large size when shooting in RAW mode or HD video. And in combination with UDMA mode 6 enabled cameras and readers, the speed of 600 x writing of data to and read from the map at a faster pace than the previous generations of cards.For added peace of mind includes the Ultimate CF-600 x free, downloadable data recovery software from MediaRECOVER ®.
Kingston CompactFlash Ultimate 600 x cards (part #: XXGB-CF-U3) are supported by a lifetime warranty and 24/7 live technical support.
Kingston CompactFlash Ultimate presents new features/specifications:
Capacity *: 16 GB, 32 GB dimensions: 1.43 "x 1.68" 0 "(36.4 x 42.8 mm x 3.3) — CF Type I Speed **: 90 MB/s read, 90 MB/sec write recovery utility: data recovery software download from MediaRECOVER (compatible with Windows/Mac) Business-temperature: 32 ° to 140 ° F (0 ° to 60 ° C) storage temperature:-4 ° to 185 ° F (-20 ° to 85 ° C): standardized complies with CompactFlash Association specification standards Easy: plug and play guaranteed: limited lifetime warranty economic: auto sleep mode, the duration of the battery of the system some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. as such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is displayed on the products. go to Kingston's Flash Guide at for more information, visit/flash_memory_guide.
** Mileage may vary on host and device configuration.EmailPrintPost commentNews-discussion
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