Class code 8 covers
mass storage devices, and code 6 is for scanning/imaging devices.
If a
mass storage device or server farm goes offline, or critical network connections go down, the enterprise cannot function normally or profitably.
Ulrich Hamann, president of Siemens' chip card division, called the card "the ideal
mass storage device for mobile applications."
A decade ago, 20-megabyte hard drives were used in mainframe computer systems as a
mass storage device. They were the size of a washing machine, needed to be water cooled, and sounded like a freight train.
In addition, the NeXT Computer System is the first to feature the ICP and OSP, two proprietary VLSI chips that endow it with mainframe-like capabilities; a removable, read/write/erasable, 256MB optical disc as its standard
mass storage device; NextStep, an object-oriented development environment and user interface that makes UNIX more friendly; and advanced sound capabilities that include CD-quality stereo output.
With an internal SD card, vHandi[TM] can be used as a
mass storage device when plugged into the USB port of the PC.
It's part voice recorder (it'll record WAVs for optimum quality), part
mass storage device (via USB 2.0), part motion detector (when connected to a PC) and part MP3 player(via SD card or the integrated 128MB memory).
The MSM3300 solution will also integrate a
mass storage device controller, such as an MMC (Multimedia Card) interface, which will provide an effective interconnection to much larger memory space to store CD-quality music data or mapping data from a geographical navigation service.
Due to this high frequency, data should be online in a fast access
mass storage device such as disk drives or optical drives.