USB forum buys up ExpressCard, PC Card assets

The USB Implementers Forum, this afternoon said it would buy the assets of the PCMCIA group. The agreement gives the USB-IF control over the testing, development and management of all removable notebook card formats, the PCMCIA control, including ExpressCard, and the legacy CardBus and PC Card format. Officials hope the move is not expected to certify to simplify equipment and that they necessarily interfere with the existing process.

The handover should take place before the end of March and is in the PCMCIA their solution, if the transfer is complete result.

While a connection between seemingly conflicting standards, ExpressCard is designed to complement for many USB notebooks already have an internal USB port to link the card slot for the rest of the system. It is not clear what happen with those implementations that rely on secure PCI Express to Express card, however.

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