OWC has just announced an update for its Atlas Pro and Atlas Ultra CFexpress Type B lineup of memory cards that will now be CFexpress 4.0 compliant, doubling the write and read speeds of the previous CFexpress 2.0 standard. Furthermore, if you invested in the “previous” OWC Atlas Ultra PCIe Gen3 cards, you can upgrade them from CFexpress 2.0 to CFexpress 4.0 via a free firmware update! So, let’s take a closer look at the future of CFexpress Type B memory cards! In August 2023, the CompactFlash Association, also known as CFA, officially announced the specifications of the CFexpress 4.0 norm. If you feel you missed something, don’t worry; the CFA jumped directly from CFexpress 2.0 to CFexpress 4.0. In a nutshell, the new CFexpress 4.0 standard will use the PCIe Gen4 bus and will reach speeds up to 2 GB/s for CFexpress Type A memory cards and 4 GB/s for Type B cards, which is double the bitrate compared to the previous iteration. The OWC Atlas Pro and Atlas Ultra memory cards were introduced in January 2022 with an entire SD and CFexpress Type B lineup. These cards are designed with content creators, photographers, and filmmakers in mind. Indeed, the OWC Atlas cards are resistant to no less than X-rays, UV rays, shocks, drops, and extreme temperatures. Following the launch of the new CFexpress 4.0 standard, OWC has just released an update for all its Atlas Pro and Atlas Ultra CFexpress Type B memory cards. OWC Atlas Pro and...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 12 October, 2023