Pretec has announced 233X speed USB flash drives and CompactFlash cards at the Computex Taipei 2007 show. The new cards provide access speeds of more than 35MB/s. The capacities of the Pretec 233X CF card range from 256MB to a massive 28GB, and an even faster version is promised which will reach 400X (60MB/s).

Pretec Press Release

Pretec Launches 233X Flash Memory Card - Highest Speed CF and USB in the World

Taipei, Taiwan, June 5th, 2007 ? Pretec, the creator of i-Disk Diamond, the smallest USB flash drive in the world, and the 2nd company to offer CF card since 1996, will launch 233X speed of USB flash drive and 233X speed of CF card, for access speed of more than 35MB/s, world’s fastest USB flash drive in the small size category, and one of the highest speed CF card in the world, at Computex Taipei 2007 (Hall 4 Booth #T202B).

Pretec 233X SSD are based on it’s popular small sized platform of i-Disk Tiny, Wave, Aqua, Gini, Jelly, etc. to re-design the electronics to achieve the “Double Capacity” and “Double Speed” objectives. New i-Disk Tiny and Wave series product can reach 8GB capacity and more than 35MB/s speed, so is Pretec i-Disk II series product. Pretec 233X 8GB i-Disk Wave is sampling now, with mass production scheduled by late this month.

Pretec 233X CF card ushers a new generation of speed and performance based on Tiger solution, which can be scalable in price/performance level; the lower cost CF card of the Tiger series can reach Read/Write speed of 35MB/s and 32MB/s; with higher performance version capable of reaching to the thundering speed of >400X (60MB/s). Pretec also demonstrates the fastest SSD in the world today at Computex, 400X IDE and SATA flash disk based on Tiger solution.

Capacities ranging from 256MB to 28GB, Pretec 233X CF card can also be constructed with extreme ruggedness through the protection of heavy metal housing and wide temperature range. The combination of very high speed and exceptional reliability and durability will make Pretec 233X CF card the ideal choice for any high end Digital Still Cameras, or the indispensable high performance and reliable flash storage companion for the digital life of today’s smart consumers. Pretec 233X CF card is sampling now, with mass production scheduled by late this month.

About Pretec
Pretec™ (http://www.pretec.com) offers a complete spectrum of small form factor memory cards and card readers such as CF, SD MMC, and USB Flash Drives for digital imaging, mobile communication, and industrial flash markets. As the 2nd company in the world who was capable to offer CF card since 1995, Pretec has consistently demonstrated being a pioneer in the flash industry by engineering the highest capacity flash memory cards in the world: CF card 80MB, 128MB, 160MB, 320MB, 640MB, 1.5GB, 3GB, 6GB, 12GB, and 16GB
CF card; the first 1GB and 4GB MMC cards; the earliest to reveal the largest size 16GB USB Flash Drive; and now the highest capacity of SD cards in 4GB and 8GB. With more than 100 patents granted or filed, Pretec has also been offering the highest speed cards in the world such as CF 80X (2004), MMC 4.0 150X (2004), USB 166X/266X (2005), SD 133X (2005), MMCplus™ 266X (2005), i-Disk Tiny (“Best Gear of 2003” by TIME Magazine), and smallest size USB Flash drive in the world such as i-Disk Diamond (also known as Cu-Flash) (2005).

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*Note: i-Disk, i-Disk Tiny, or i-Disk Diamond are trademarks of Pretec Electronics Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned herein are recognized as the property of their respective holders.

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