Labeled “the next important leap forward in the development of industrial memory cards”, with this tech the future is now. Primarily developed for high-end photography and consumer applications, a combination of a removable storage medium, PCIe SSD performance capabilities and excellent mechanical protection versus environmental hazards- who said you can’t enjoy the best of both worlds?
All of it will end in a Flash: the technological “martial art’s world” which is the high stakes arena of memory solutions and modules, the future has finally arrived. This new memory solution, titled “CFexpress” by memory champion Swissbit, has entered the ring packed with a few fast and accurate punches. Although his punches are fast in a Flash, there is no phantom punch. This remarkable memory solution is especially oriented towards high-end photography and other consumer applications. Designed with the performance of a PCIe SSD solution, in a removable storage medium, this memory virtuoso probably will be the first milestone in an all new memory solutions’ field.
Up to 1,620 MB/s for sequential reads and 840 MB/s for sequential writes, due to a 2-lane NVMe 1.3 and PCIe Gen 3.1 specification interface, this solution may “flouts like a butterfly stings like a bee”. With a compact size (38.5 × 29.8 × 3.8 mm), a robust metal housing (CFexpress 2.0 type B), and constructed with a completely covered pins- the CFexpress cards are elevated to a level of their own, almost insensitive to the ingress of dust or moisture and at the same time resistant to vibration.

Clear advantages in varied fields from industrial automation, gaming to transportation and medical technology- the power of the PCIe is clear to see. In combination with the NVMe protocol, PCIe is the established SSD storage interface that stands for high bandwidth and low latency. This also apparently applies to the majority of future host controllers. Thus, future endeavors will rely on PCIe/NVMe by default and will underline the pioneering positioning of CFexpress as an exchangeable storage medium. Someone once said that “I’m the boldest, the prettiest, the most superior, most scientific, most skillfullest fighter in the ring today”. Today, in the memory arena, that may apply to the CFexpress.