The great failure of USB memory sticks is that they're all different sizes and shapes, so you can't really design a device that uses them as internal memory. PQI tried to solve this with their IntelligentStick format, but it never caught on.
So, it's nice that the SATA folks got the CFast spec out before anyone started making SATA thumbdrives. Although the fact that it's not compatible with standard SATA power and data connectors means it's still less than ideal, IMHO.
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The great failure of USB memory sticks is that they're all different sizes and shapes, so you can't really design a device that uses them as internal memory. PQI tried to solve this with their IntelligentStick format, but it never caught on.
So, it's nice that the SATA folks got the CFast spec out before anyone started making SATA thumbdrives. Although the fact that it's not compatible with standard SATA power and data connectors means it's still less than ideal, IMHO.