In contrast to information technology practices in the PC realm, the development and functionality of smart cards are strongly driven by international standards. The reason for this is that interoperability and interchangeability are very important
pcmcia v7.0 standar 1.2.9 PC Card Standard Release 7.0 (February 1999) The PC Card Standard Release 7.0 added the following features: · DVB Custom Interface · Windows NT 4.0 Kernel Mode Bindings · PC Card Memory Paging · Serial Bus Adapter Function
The Electrical Specification describes the connector pinout, interface protocol, signaling environment, interface timings, programming model, and specifics of card insertion, removal, power up, and configuration. It is organized in three sub-section
This specification provides information necessary for implementing the Card Information Structure (CIS), or Metaformat, on PC Cards and for interpreting the metaformat for the purposes of configuring and utilizing PC Cards
A new generation of network interface card for fiber-to-the-desktop has been fabricated. The fabricated card is PC-card size and suitable for notebook PCs. It could become the key element in the coming optical Ethernet age.
