ProGrade Digital CFexpress Type B Up to 1TB Gold Label and Up to 650GB Cobalt Label Cards

ProGrade Digital, Inc. announces its CFexpress Type B cards.

First demonstrated by the company in April 2018 at the National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB) Las Vegas, it offers next gen memory card performance by leveraging PCIe, Gen 3 interconnect with NVMe 1.3 host controller interface. CFexpress cards provide read speeds up-to 1,700MB/s, and burst write speeds up-to 1,500MB/s. Two performance levels are available: Cobalt label: delivers minimum sustained write speed of 1,400MB/s for both 325 and 650GB cards – designed for high resolution video capture and long, sustained burst image capture applications; Gold label: delivers minimum sustained write speeds up to 400MB/s depending on card capacity – suited for a range of still and moving image capture applications.

The company’s CFexpress Gold label cards are available at the firm’ website, progradedigital.com, B&H Photo and Video, Adorama.com and Amazon in most countries around the world.

Cobalt label cards will be shipping by late June.

“Since demonstrating the capabilities of CFexpress in early 2018, ProGrade Digital has been evolving this technology from the first cards introduced at the end of 2019 to these new, faster and lower power cards we are shipping today,” said Wes Brewer, founder and CEO. “We are now able to offer the widest range of CFexpress card choices to meet both current and future needs of all imaging applications. Coupled with our new CFexpress Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.2 Gen 2 high speed readers and our Refresh Pro performance restoration and health monitoring software application, our customers have a complete solution for capturing and downloading still and video images as well as enhancing their digital imaging workflow.“

CFexpress portfolio:

• CFexpress Cobalt

  • Maximum read speed 1,700MB/s

  • Burst write speed 1,500MB/s

  • Minimum sustained write speed 1,400MB/s

  • Capacities: 325, and 650GB

• CFexpress Gold

  • Maximum read speed 1,700MB/s

  • Burst write speeds up to 1,500MB/s

  • Minimum sustained write speeds up to 400MB/s

  • Capacities: 128, 256, 512GB, and 1TB

CFexpress Type B Cobalt and Gold both deliver:

• Compliant with CompactFlash Association 2.0 spec

• NVMe host interface with PCIe Gen3 X2 interconnect

• Extended battery life and low standby power through NVMe PS0 – PS4 support

• Metal enclosure for improved durability and heat dissipation

• Thermal throttling protects card from overheating

• Sserialized tracking of every card enabling identification of key components and manufacturing data for high quality control

• 100% full card testing down to individual memory chips for quality

• X-ray proof, shock-proof

• Temperature ranges: operating 14 to 158°F/ -10 to 70°C; storage -4 to 185°F/ -20 to 85°C

• 3-year warranty

The CFexpress Type B form factor is gaining industry adoption due to its backward compatibility with XQD, and its open industry standard support from major device manufacturers.

All the company’s memory cards have a laser-etched serial number on the back and readers have a printed serial number. A customer can register their serial number at the firm’s website to stay up to date on the latest technology developments.

International customers may purchase the company’s products at its website, B&H Photo and Video, Adorama.com and Amazon in most countries, available with Prime Shipping.

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