NEW EXPRESSCARD STANDARD RELEASED

The PCMCIA organization has finalized the ExpressCard 2.0 standard. The new 2.0 standard is 10 times faster than the previous 1.2 standard and will offer transfer rates of up to 5Gbps. The PCMCIA�s ExpressCard and PC Card slots are used in almost every notebook. Several manufactures including AMD, Fujitsu Siemens, LG Electronics, Intel, Lenovo, Lexar Media, Microsoft, Qualcomm, SanDisk, Sony,