ExpressCard

Formerly codenamed NEWCARD, ExpressCard is a new standard replacing the PC Card standard. ExpressCard is also a standard that has been developed by PCMCIA and supports a much higher speeds, supports USB 2.0, smaller, uses less voltage, lower cost, and is hot-swappable. As can be seen from the below illustration, ExpressCards are physically different then PC Cards and are available in two different formats: ExpressCard 54 and 34.

Additional information about why your PC Card may not fit in your laptop using an ExpressCard can be found on document CH000917.
The official ExpressCard site can be found at: http://www.expresscard.org/

Also see: NEWCARD, PC Card, PCMCIA

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