Expresscard: memory, communication and other modules for your computer

Wintec's 64GB ExpressCard SSD is now available to buy for 180$, on amazon.com.

The drive speed is listed as 35Mb/s for both read and write operations.

Japan's Sanwa has released a new dual-interface Express card 34/54 compact card adapter which supports ultra fast UDMA Mode 6 interface for both Windows and Mac users.

Sanwa dual-interface UDMA Mode 6 CF-reader

The Sanwa ExpressCard, dubbed “ADR-EXCF” , is capable of 45MB/s transfer speed when uses in with a compatible UDMA CF storage. It’s compatible with Windows XP, Vista and 10.4-10.5’s version OSX. It’s now out in Japan, selling at 7,140 yen ($73)

Imperx is bringing professional vision system video capture to ExpressCard/54 laptop computers. The company's newly-released HD-SDI Express video capture card is a highly versatile frame grabber capable of acquiring images from any standard definition (SD) or high definition (HD) SDI video source and sending them to an ExpressCard/54-compliant notebook computer at more than 235 Mbytes/sec for real-time viewing and storage. The card supports plug-and-play operation with live insertion and removal and incorporates advanced features such as lookup tables and histograms.

Pretec unveils today 64GB/128GB ExpressCard SSD, the largest capacity and world’s first ExpressCard SSD with hardware-based AES256 Encryption/Decryption at CeBIT 2009.

Pretec ExpressCard SSD features a dual interface of an ExpressCard socket and a mini USB socket for mobile storage solution for portable devices as well as for embedded systems.

Lenovo and RIM announced today a new ExpressCard module - the 'Lenovo Constant Connect'. This device will sync emails from your BlackBerry even if your laptop is completely turned off - using onboard memory (500MB) and a dedicated Bluetooth radio chip. It works with several email clients (such as Gmail, outlook, Exchange) but will only work on Lenovo Thinkpad laptops. 

The basic idea is that you will always have your latest email ready, even if you just opened your computer a few seconds ago. Personally I think it's a silly idea - I can wait another minute for my emails...

The card will be released in 2H 2009, and will cost 150$.

Wibu-Systems reports a significant increase in the demand for its ExpressCard® CmCard/E in the first six weeks of 2009. Software vendors use the CmCard/E card module that integrates CodeMeter® Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology under the ExpressCard form factor into PCs.

Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) today announced the March release of a new IIJ-developed communications card for IIJ Mobile, the enterprise-level high-speed mobile data communications service. The new card, 110FE, is available with IIJ Mobile Service Type D, which works with the NTT DOCOMO FOMA HIGH-SPEED Network, and it is the first ExpressCard data communications card in the industry.

Via MarketWatch

Verbatim announced at Macworld today its new ExpressCard SSD for PC and Mac users. The new card is a solid-state drive (SSD) ExpressCard/34 with 16/32/64GB capacities. It will be available at the end of February. 

With read speeds of up to 125MB/sec (833X) and write speeds up to 30MB/sec (200X), Verbatim’s new ExpressCard SSD offers significantly higher performance than USB-based ExpressCard SSD solutions, due to the throughput limitations of the USB 2.0 interface.