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Standard Brewing For PC Card Replacement 'Newcard'

Posted by timothy on from the standard-flux dept.

winston_pr writes "The details on the successor to the PC Card is starting to take form with details being given in this article at Nikkei Japan. The standard is scheduled to be finalized in 2003, while the first PCs with NEWCARD slots are expected to ship in the second half of 2004. Will this mean the end of all these crazy SD-card connection based peripherals?"

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  1. More info: by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 4, Informative

    Links:

    PC Mag
    Extreme Tech

  2. Re:crazy by Trigun · · Score: 4, Informative

    The 'standard' is being built upon already established standards, specifically PCI express and USB 2.0. The connection interface will have to implement both, whereas the card itself will only have to implement one of the two.

    The remainder of the standard has to do with tolerances for the connection interface, something that should be standardized to prevent rogue cards burning out your bus, or creating too much interference. They also deal with size and shape, as well as trying to standardize the exection mechanism (although this is only a suggestion at this point).