SCSI to IDE bridges...

[Jim Brain]

Zane H. Healy wrote:
>> My big concern with CF is that it might be sunsetted in the near 
>> future.  SD in its various incarnations seems to be gaining on CF and 
>> I wonder if we'll be bidding for the last bit of "NOS" CF in a few 
>> years.  High-speed serial interfaces seem to be the way of the 
>> future.
>>     
>
> CF cards are still being used in the brand new high-end/pro Nikon Camera's
> (not sure about brands).  I'm really drooling over the Sandisk Extreme IV
> cards with Firewire reader, have been for months, but haven't wanted to
> spend the $$$'s yet.
>
> Zane
>
>   
It looks like CF still has the edge on storage size, and speed (SD is 
nice, but you can do ATA6 or ATA7 on suitably equipped CF cards, no way 
you can offer that much bandwidth on a SD card, even an SDHC card).

Still, the writing is on the wall for uIEC (my CBM IEC to CF drive).  
The firmware already supports SD cards, so the next board rev will add 
an SD connector, but I'll leave the CF connector footprint on the 
board.  Since the device supports IDE drives, I can;t really reclaim 
those lines for something else, and all the hard work on layout is done.

Jim


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