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Mar 30, 2009 Hagiwara Sys-Com introduces CFast™ evaluation kit aimed at the embedded computing market
Mar 03, 2009 Pretec 666X CF cards - World's Fastest
Feb 24, 2009

SanDisk ImageMate Memory Card Readers Transfer Files Quickly and Conveniently Across Wide Variety of Memory Card Formats

Jan 08, 2009 Pretec Unveils CFast™ Storage Card, the Smallest SATA SSD in the World
Sep 11, 2008

SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash Series Doubles Capacity And Boosts Speed 50 Percent With New 32-Gigabyte Card

Sep 9, 2008 Capacity and Performance of New Lexar Professional UDMA 300x 16GB CompactFlash Card Improves Digital Photography Experience
Sep 2, 2008 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION MAKES NEW CFast™ SPECIFICATION REVISION 1.0 AVAILABLE
Mar 4, 2008 SanDisk Doubles Capacity of High-Performance CF Industrial Memory Card for Mission-Critical Mass Storage Applications
Feb 7, 2008 Cactus Technologies, Ltd. Joins CompactFlash Association
Jan 31, 2008 Pretec 16GB, 24GB and 48GB CompactFlash®
Jan 28, 2008 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION DISPLAYING NEW CFast™ CONNECTOR & PACKAGE AT PMA 2008
Jan 4, 2008 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION DISPLAYING NEW CFast™ CONNECTOR & PACKAGE AT CES 2008
Jan 3, 2008 Delkin Devices Offers World’s Fastest 16GB UDMA CompactFlash Card
Nov 14, 2007 SONY UNVEILS NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONAL HDV PRODUCTS
Nov 8, 2007 WEDC CompactFlash® for Medical Equipment Is Built for Reliability and Endurance
Oct 29, 2007 Kingston Increases Performance of CompactFlash Elite Pro Memory Cards for Continuous, High-Resolution Image Capture
Oct 18, 2007 SanDisk Extreme III 16-Gigabyte CompactFlash Card Wins Editor's Choice Award from American Photo Magazine
Aug 24, 2007 ATP Releases 300X ProMax II CompactFlash Cards Series
Aug 20, 2007 Delkin Devices Unleashes 305X UDMA Enabled CompactFlash Pro Cards
Aug 7, 2007 DELKIN’S NEW COMPACTFLASH UDMA FIREWIRE READER DOWNLOADS PHOTOS AT SPEEDS GREATER THAN 45 MB/sec
July 23, 2007 Kingston Technology Boosts CF Ultimate Card Write Speed to 266X
July 18, 2007

SanDisk Revs up its Fastest and Flashiest Memory Cards with SanDisk Extreme Ducati Edition CF and SD Plus Cards

July 17, 2007 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF A NEW WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP A SPECIFICATION FOR A COMPACTFLASH CARD WITH A SATA INTERFACE
July 6, 2007 Delkin Devices Now Shipping New UDMA CompactFlash CardBus Adapter
June 5 , 2007 Pretec Launches 233X Flash Memory Card
Apr 17 , 2007 Socket Mobile Introduces Family of 2D Bar Code Scanners
Apr 3 , 2007 Pretec Announces the World’s Fastest and most Rugged Industrial CompactFlash® Card
Apr 3 , 2007 SanDisk Launches High-Performance, Industrial Grade CompactFlash® Cards for Embedded Systems
Mar 7, 2007 Socket Mobile Unveils New Handheld Computer for Business Mobility Market
Mar 2, 2007 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF REVISION 4.1 OF THE CF+™ & COMPACTFLASH® SPECIFICATION
Feb 20, 2007 Lexar Introduces Breakthrough 300x Speed-Rated Professional Flash Memory Cards
Feb 20, 2007 Lexar Introduces Two New Professional Flash Card Readers for Maximum
Performance and Versatility
Sept 21, 2006 8GB CompactFlash card operates from -40°C to +85°C
Aug 15, 2006 SanDisk Extreme IV CompactFlash Cards Win Award For "European Memory Card of The Year"
July 19, 2006 SanDisk Introduces SanDisk Extreme IV CompactFlash - World's Fastest Cards For Professional Photographers
July 18, 2006 Lexar Increases Performance of High-Capacity CompactFlash to 133X
May 2, 2006 Lexar LockTight Professional CompactFlash Wins Prestigious TIPA Award; Innovative Card-Level Security System Named ''Best Imaging Storage Media'' by Europe's Most Influential Imaging Editors
Apr 22, 2006 SanDisk Works With Grass Valley To Develop World's First Broadcast Industry Camcorder To Use Flash Memory Cards
Feb 22, 2006 WEDC Launches Industrial Grade CompactFlash™ Cards in Densities up to 4GByte
Jan 5, 2006 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES 10th ANNIVERSARY
Jan 5, 2006 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION AND 60 MEMBER COMPANIES EXHIBITING AT 2006 INTERNATIONAL CES
Jan 5, 2006 Socket Communications Unveils Go Wi-Fi! P500 - High-Speed Internet Add-On for Windows Mobile Devices
Nov 17, 2005 WinSystems, Inc. -40° to +85°C CompactFlash Provides High Endurance and Wide Operating Temperature for Industrial Applications
Nov 15, 2005 Socket Launches CF Mag Stripe Credit Card Reader to Improve Convenience, Speed and Efficiency of Mobile Retail Solutions
Sep 20, 2005 Lexar Professional LockTight™ CompactFlash™ Offers Card Level Protection to Security-Conscious Photographers
Sep 6, 2005 Socket Communications Delivers Industry First CF RFID Reader-Scan Card with Combined Bar Code and RFID Technology
May 16, 2005 Socket Expands Market-Leading Portfolio of Data Collection Products
Apr 15, 2005 White Electronic Designs Corporation (WEDC) Supports Industrial CompactFlash Applications
Feb 17, 2005 Lexar to Demonstrate LockTight™ Digital Imaging Security Solution at Photo Marketing International (PMA) in Orlando
Jan 6, 2005 CompactFlash Association Announce Availability of Revision 3.0 of the CF+™ & CompactFlash® Specification
Dec 15, 2004 Digital Camera Media Safe In Both Carry-On And Checked Baggage
Sep 16, 2004 Lexar Announces Professional Series Memory Cards With Encryption Technology to Provide a Highly Secure Digital Media Solution
Aug 23, 2004 SANDISK COMPACTFLASH MEMORY CARD SURVIVES BLAST THAT DESTROYS CAMERA --AND RECORDS MOMENT OF IMPACT
Jul 21, 2004 Socket Releases Industry’s First RFID Development Kits with CompactFlash RFID Readers for Pocket PCs
Jun 14, 2004 SEAGATE EXPANDS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS LEADERSHIP WITH FIRST 5GB 1-INCH HARD DRIVE, FIRST 5GB COMPACTFLASH HARD DRIVE, AND NEW 400GB DVR HARD DRIVE
Sep 17, 2003 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION AND 27 MEMBER COMPANIES EXHIBITING AT WPC EXPO 2003
Sep 16, 2003 Symbol Selects Socket Connection Solution Using Bluetooth® Wireless Technology for PPT 8800 Mobile Terminal
Sep 8, 2003 Tripod Data Systems Approves Socket's Family of Connection Products for Customizing Recon Handheld Computer
Aug 25, 2003 HITACHI SHIPS HIGH PERFORMANCE 4GB MICRODRIVE
Jun 16, 2003 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF VERSION 2.0 OF THE CF+™ & COMPACTFLASH® SPECIFICATION
Apr 28, 2003 Socket Enables Digital Photo Transfer for Mobile Phones
Mar 13, 2003 SanDisk Introduces Four Gigabyte CompactFlash Card, World's Highest Capacity CF Flash Memory Card
Mar 12, 2003 3GB CompactFlash card pricing reduced, 6GB CF card announced by Pretec
Mar 2, 2003 COMPACTFLASH® SPECIFICATION ALLOWS FOR THE ADDRESSING OF UP TO 137GB
Mar 2, 2003 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES APPROVAL OF VERSION 2.0 OF THE CF+™ & COMPACTFLASH® SPECIFICATION
Mar 2, 2003 Lexar Media Introduces World’s Highest Capacity CompactFlash
Feb 27, 2003 CANON CONTINUES AGGRESSIVE APPROACH IN THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY MARKET WITH INTRODUCTION OF FIVE NEW POWERSHOT MODELS
Feb 27, 2003 CANON INTRODUCES THE EOS 10D DIGITAL SLR CAMERA: 6.3 MEGAPIXELS WITH DIGIC TECHNOLOGY
Dec 11, 2002 Parker Hannifin Demonstrates Wireless Industrial Automation with Socket's Products at Bluetooth Developer Conference
Nov 18, 2002 Pretec introduces the world’s largest capacity 1.5 GB, 2GB and 3GB CompactFlash® Cards
Nov 4, 2002 DELKIN INTRODUCES ONE OF THE FASTEST MEMORY CARDS ON THE MARKET FOR PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHERS
Oct 16, 2002 CompactFlash Association and 26 Member Companies Exhibiting at WPC Expo 2002
Sep 25, 2002 CompactFlash Association and 42 Member Companies Exhibiting at PHOTOKINA 2002
Apr 16, 2002 Socket Delivers First Hi-Speed Digital Phone Card Enabling Connection Between Pocket PCs and Verizon Wireless' High-Speed Express Network
Jan. 28, 2002 Socket Unveils Industry's First PDF417 Bar Code Scanner for Pocket PCs
Jan. 8, 2002 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION & THIRTY MEMBER COMPANIES EXHIBITING AT CES 2002
Jan. 7, 2002 CompactFlash Association Issues Warning Concerning Risk Of Irradiation Damage Through U.S. Mail
Nov. 5, 2001 SanDisk Introduces 1-Gigabyte Type I CompactFlash Card
Oct. 24, 2001 Socket Launches Low Power Wireless LAN CompactFlash Card
Oct. 1, 2001 SYMBOL SHIPS THE WORLD’S FIRST WI-FI CERTIFIED 802.11b COMPACT FLASH WIRELESS LAN ADAPTER
May 31, 2001 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION APPROVES SECURE COMPACTFLASH
May 29, 2001 Ricoh Offers Socket Cards to Wirelessly Enable Advanced Digital Camera
Mar. 20, 2001 SOCKET DEMONSTRATES WORLD'S FIRST 2-D BAR CODE LASER SCANNER-ON-A CARD
Mar. 20, 2001 SOCKET SHOWS CORDLESS BLUETOOTH PRINTING FROM POCKET PC TO EPSON STYLUS COLOR 777 PRINTER
Mar. 20, 2001 SOCKET DEMONSTRATES POCKET PC BLUETOOTH SOLUTION ON SPRINT PCS WIRELESS NETWORK USING DENSO BLUETOOTH PHONE
Feb. 11, 2001 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION AND 30 MEMBER COMPANIES EXHIBITING AT PMA 2001
Jan. 6, 2001 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION AND 35 MEMBER COMPANIES EXHIBITING AT CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW 2001
Oct. 30, 2000 SIMPLE TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCES WORLD'S HIGHEST DENSITY COMPACTFLASH CARD
Oct. 17, 2000 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION PRESENTING FREE HOST DEVELOPER SEMINAR DURING WORLD PC EXPO 2000
Oct. 17, 2000 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION AND 42 MEMBER COMPANIES EXHIBITING AT WORLD PC EXPO 2000
Sep. 20, 2000 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION EXHIBITING AT PHOTOKINA 2000
Jun. 20, 2000 IBM TRIPLES CAPACITY OF WORLD'S SMALLEST HARD DISK DRIVE
Jun. 14, 2000 AXIS AND SOCKET TO BRING BLUETOOTH WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM
Jan. 4, 2000 VIKING COMPONENTS ANNOUNCES COMPACTFLASH SUPPORT FOR THE NEW TRGpro HANDHELD COMPUTER
Dec. 31, 1999 COLORFUL COMPACTFLASH CARDS FROM PRETEC
Dec. 27, 1999 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION & THIRTY-THREE MEMBERS EXHIBITING AT CES 2000
Nov. 15, 1999 SOCKET DEVELOPS PLUG-IN I/O CARD WITH ON-BOARD SUPPORT FOR SANDISK'S REMOVABLE MULTIMEDIACARD MEMORY
Oct. 26, 1999 SOCKET'S DIGITAL PHONE CARDS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SPRINT'S PCS NETWORK
Oct. 20, 1999 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION ELECTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS FOR YEAR 2000
Sept. 10, 1999 DATAFAB SYSTEMS INC., LEADING IN PORTABLE STORAGE SYSTEMS, IS NOW OFFERING DUEL-SLOT COMPACTFLASH™ AND SMARTMEDIA™ CARD READER
Sept. 7, 1999 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION & FIFTY MEMBERS EXHIBITING AT WORLD PC EXPO 99
Feb. 18, 1999 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION & THIRTY-ONE MEMBERS EXHIBITING AT 1999 PMA
Jan. 7, 1999 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION & TWENTY-NINE MEMBERS EXHIBITING AT 1999 CES
Dec. 3, 1998 FLASH CARD MARKET WILL BOOM TO $1.3 BILLION BY 2002, PREDICTS IDC
Oct. 26, 1998 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION APPROVES CF+™ SPECIFICATION AND ELECTS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Sept. 30, 1998 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION & THIRTY MEMBERS EXHIBITING AT WORLD PC EXPO 98
Sept. 16, 1998 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION MAKES STRONG SHOWING AT PHOTOKINA 98
Mar. 23, 1998 CF TYPE II CARD SPECIFICATION APPROVED BY CFA
Mar. 1, 1998 INTERCONNECT SYSTEM FOR COMPACTFLASH CARDS READY FOR NEW GENERATION OF PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES
Feb. 10, 1998 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION MAKES STRONG SHOWING AT PMA'98
Jan. 12, 1998 HITACHI, LTD. WILL RUN AN INTERNET PROMOTION CAMPAIGN FOR ITS MPEG CAMERA IN CONJUCTION WITH DATAFAB'S WORLD'S SMALLEST PC CARD (TYPE II & III) READER
Jan. 9, 1998 INTEGRATED MULTIPLE-LANGUAGE INSTALLER FOR THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COMPACTFLASH CARD READER
Jan. 8, 1998 CERTIFIED COMPACTFLASH CARDS NOW AVAILABLE FROM SEVENTEEN COMPANIES
Jan. 8, 1998 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION MAKES STRONG SHOWING AT CES'98
Nov. 17, 1997 PANASONIC'S COMPACTFLASH EARNS CFA CERTIFICATION
Oct. 30, 1997 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION ESTABLISHES 5mm WORKING GROUP
Oct. 30, 1997 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Sept. 23, 1997 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 120th COMPACTFLASH DESIGN-IN WIN
Sept. 10, 1997 WORLD'S SMALLEST ETHERNET LAN CARD IN COMPACTFLASH PACKAGE
Mar. 11, 1997 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION HOLDS MEETING & PRESS BRIEFING IN LONDON
Feb.. 20, 1997 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION MAKES STRONG SHOWING AT PMA 97
Sept. 12, 1996 KODAK INTRODUCES WORLD'S FIRST DIGITAL CAMERA DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY TO USE COMPACTFLASH STORAGE CARDS
Sept. 12, 1996 KODAK WILL MARKET SANDISK'S COMPACTFLASH CARDS UNDER KODAK LABEL AS STORAGE MEDIA FOR KODAK'S NEW DC25 CAMERA
Sept. 9, 1996 THE FIRST DEBUGGING TOOLS FOR COMPACTFLASH CARDS
July 22, 1996 CFA APPROVES COMPATIBILITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AND COMPATIBILITY LOGO
July 22, 1996 FUJIFILM MICRODEVICES ANNOUNCES COMPACTFLASH INCORPORATING SANDISK 32MBIT FLASH MEMORY
June 10, 1996 MORE COMPANIES ADD SUPPORT FOR COMPACTFLASH
April 15, 1996 SMART MODULAR JOINS CFA AS EXECUTIVE MEMBER
Feb. 20, 1996 PRETEC ELECTRONICS JOINS COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION
Feb. 20, 1996 COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION ADDS 11 NEW COMPANIES:
Jan. 22, 1996 INDUSTRY VETERAN WILLIAM J. FRANK NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION
Oct. 11, 1995 TWELVE COMPANIES FORM COMPACTFLASH ASSOCIATION

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