What are the Different Types of CompactFlash® Cards?
CompactFlash® cards, also known as CF cards, are a type of removable storage that led to much greater versatility in electronics. SanDisk® first introduced CompactFlash® cards in 1994. Up until then, the only data storage devices commonly available were floppy disks, which were much larger, had moving parts, and were not as tough or as reliable. There are two different kinds of CompactFlash® cards: Type I and Type II. Both types are approximately 1 11/16 inches wide (43 mm) and 1 7/16 inches (36 mm) long. However, CompactFlash® Type II is considerably thicker than Type I — almost a quarter of an inch (5 mm) as opposed to about 1/8 of an inch (3.3 mm). CompactFlash® Type I comes in data storage sizes as small as 512 MB and as large as 8 GB, while Type II cards as large as 64 GB can be found. The different types of CompactFlash® cards are also different in that they are different kinds of data storage devices. CompactFlash® Type I is always comprised of flash memory. Flash memory is a ty
