Transcend CFast Cards are Shipping Now

If you're using CF cards to store your digital data and you're looking for something with a bit of speed, you'll want to check out the newest CompactFlash offerings from Transcend.

The company's new "CFast" cards use a SATA interface, rather than the ATA/IDE interface that other brands rely on. This allows their CFast cards to reach transfer rates of up to 108MB a second. That's nine seconds for an entire gigabyte of data, or about two and a half minutes to clear an entire 16GB card.

CFast cards use the same form factor as traditional CF cards, so there's no need to worry about compatibility. They're currently available in sizes from 2GB to 16GB and are shipping now, however on their website they do show a 64GB model, so larger capacities should be released in the future. Check out Transcend's website for more details.