Memory Cards, Part 1: CompactFlash From 8GB To 64GB

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By Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
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Professionals rely on high-speed CompactFlash cards. Today we're looking at a handful of different options from Lexar, Samsung, SanDisk, Silicon Power, and Transcend with capacities up to 64GB and speeds up to 600x (as high as 90 MB/s)

Benchmark Results: I/O Performance

I/O performance clearly is a small focus for the memory card manufacturers, as flash SSDs are in the process of replacing CF cards for embedded systems. Still, if you want to use any of these cards to install an operating system, you should go with Samsung despite the lower throughput.

Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos