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3.5 Memory Stick Card

4HE -3 CARDS WERE lRST DEVELOPED BY 3ONY IN  !LTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL -3 WAS ONLY

 -" THE LARGEST CAPACITY CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IS  '" &IGURE  SHOWS A TYPICAL

-3 CARD

4HE ORIGINAL -3 ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT MANUFACTURED ANY MORE IS APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE AND

THICKNESS OF A STICK OF CHEWING GUM -3 HAS NOW BEEN REPLACED WITH -EMORY 3TICK 02/

-EMORY 3TICK $UO AND -EMORY 3TICK 02/('

-EMORY 3TICK 02/ WAS INTRODUCED IN  AS A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN 3ONY AND 3AN$ISK AND

IT ALLOWS A GREATER STORAGE CAPACITY AND FASTER lLE TRANSFER RATE THAN THE ORIGINAL -3

-EMORY 3TICK $UO WAS DEVELOPED AS A RESULT OF THE NEED FOR SMALLER AND FASTER MEMORY

CARDS )T IS SMALLER THAN THE STANDARD -3 CARD BUT AN ADAPTER ALLOWS IT TO BE USED IN ORIGINAL

-3 APPLICATIONS

-EMORY 3TICK 02/(' WAS DEVELOPED BY 3ONY AND 3AN$ISK TOGETHER IN  4HE DATA

TRANSFER SPEED OF THIS CARD IS  -"S WHICH EXCEEDS THE SPEEDS OF ALL PREVIOUS MEMORY CARDS

AND IS APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES FASTER THAN THE -EMORY 3TICK 02/ CARDS

Table 3.1: Memory Card Speed Ratings

Speed Rating Speed (MB/s)

6x 0.9

32x 4.8

40x 6.0

66x 10.0

100x 15.0

133x 20.0

150x 22.5

200x 30.0

266x 40.0

300x 45.0

Figure 3.4: Memory Stick Card

Memory Card 111