"CompactFlash is being promoted as a standard form factor"

e.Digital will implement any popular form factor...

Sandisk started CF in the mid 90's. IMO, they utilized BAN's manner of translation at the back side of the parallel ATA interface. That back side translation was standardized as FTL and is now owned by Sandisk through the purchase of Msystems.
A variant of FTL came along about 2003 for NAND called NFTL, however, I don't think it ever became part of the PCMCIA FTL standard.

CF implements an ATA interface(onboard IDE controller) utilizing a pin count with miniaturized matching physical proprieties conforming to PCMCIA standards. This, so that it can be formatted and recognized by most PC OS's, and seen as an HD type device. CF was a follow through of PC card....originally devised on Intels Nor flash.

The CF form factor memory arrays started out NOR and now implement NAND.

In e.Digitals case, it's not about physical form factors.

What has to be watched now, is the manner in which this will happen and the processes involved at the
back side of such a proposal.

IMO, the bulk of CF is destined, not for CE....but industrial-grade application.

"Palo Alto, California – July 17, 2007 - The CompactFlash Association (CFA) announces the formation of a working group to develop a specification for a CompactFlash card with a SATA (Serial ATA) interface.
CFA members interested in the SATA interface should apply for inclusion in the CFA’s SATA working group."

"said “The development of a CompactFlash card with a SATA interface will maintain the dominance of
CompactFlash in the non consumer embedded systems, single board computers, data recorder, etc.)
markets as well as promote its use in other applications."

http://www.compactflash.org/pr/07071...

What CF wants to do is devise an SATA standard that is more to the attributes of serial NAND memory, with
a back layer that does not need to convert a parallel process to a serial process.
This, as well as the efforts of Intel and their standards efforts need to be watched.

I do not see any formal news of a CF NAND designated standard. However,there are many companies developing CF form factor media products with proprietary interface controller efforts.

The controller interface layer is where e.Digital is more attuned, as far a s standards go, with their 1998 patent claims.

doni.