What is Smart Media?
Smart Media also use flash memory, but unlike Compact Flash, they require the controller functions for compatibility and other tasks to reside in the devices, rather than on the storage media. While this keeps it in low cost, it cannot assure the forward and backward compatibility features that other flash memory cards with controller can. Smart Media is a single flash-chip solution, thus limiting the card capacity and ability to store large high-resolution picture files. Today, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128MB Smart Media cards are available.
