To provide an answer to the ever growing customer request for more efficient data transfers, one of the renowned RAM and memory card manufacturers, Walton Chaintech, has just launched its fresh CF card converter, namely the Apogee SSD Convertor. With this, consumers can take advantage of the new high speed and high capacity CF cards and use them as SSD hard disks, in order for both extending the capacity of their hard drives, as well as reaching a data transfer speed of conventional SSD.

Apogee SSD Convertor also allows for maximum expandability regarding capacity, and ensures a smooth performance. Even better, at least for the company's sales, the Apogee SSD Converter can be paired with the newly launched Walton Chaintech CF 606X high speed memory card for reaching a maximum of product compliance, as well as performance that provides a smooth data transfer experience.

Getting to that claimed performance, the SSD Convertor is rated to reach a data read of 55MB/sec, which is a lot better than current 5400-rpm hard disk drives, of the same form factor. Speaking of form factor, the Apogee SSD Convertor has a 2.5" form factor, and can take two compact flash cards, and access them via SATA II interface.

Given the interface, the Apogee SSD Convertor can be installed with two CF cards on top of Raid 0 and Raid 1 disk array functions so that users can choose for themselves whether they need to combine the capacity of the flash memory cards, or use them mirrored to ensure a much higher data security.

Since this is a newly launched item, there is no pricing info on it, but I have to admit that I like the idea of such a product, given the fact that most DSLR cameras nowadays take advantage of Compact Flash memory cards, and the ever increasing size of flash memory. Come to think about it, this is just a CF Card Reader with a SATA II connection.


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