The ATAPI CF drives enable value deployment of solid state technology. The drives allow customers to adapt standard CF cards as ATAPI devices, and leverage advantages of Flash solid state technology such reliability and resilience to extreme environmental conditions.
The ability to use any standard CF card ensures deployment flexibility.
The ATAPI drives allow emulation of a removable/re-writable device such as floppy disk or tape device.
Bootable CF for PC, SBC or embedded systems is the most common application.