A Compact Flash card is an IC (Integrated Circuit) which is stored in a compact and rugged plastic enclosure. Compact Flash cards are designed to store data and to enable the transfer of data between devices equipped with Compact Flash slots.

Compact Flash

Current Compact Flash capacities range up to 4GB.

Compact Flash Type I cards are 43mm long, 36mm wide, and 3.3mm thick.

Compact Flash Type II cards are 43mm long, 36mm wide, and 5mm thick.

The theoretical transfer speed of Compact Flash 2.0 is 16MB/sec.

The Compact Flash standard was introduced by SanDisk Corporation in 1994.

Compact Flash Plus (CF+)

Compact Flash Plus (CF+) extends Compact Flash to provide functionality such as micro hard drives, modems, Ethernet cards, 802.11 Wi-Fi cards, serial cards, Bluetooth cards, and more.

This makes Compact Flash the most versatile of the flash media formats.

For more information on Compact Flash, refer to the Compact Flash Specification.