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href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Express+Logic+Becomes+First+RTOS+Provider+to+Receive+Microsoft+exFAT...-a0460510442> Express Logic Becomes First RTOS Provider to Receive Microsoft exFAT Licensing Approval </a></div></div><div class=lit>The troubled Waterloo, Ontario company will license Microsoft's current Extended <span class=highlight> File Allocation Table </span> (exFAT), which enables quick transfer of big audiovisual files. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/RIM+Pact+With+Microsoft%3A+Prelude+To+A+Takeover%3F-a0302775106> RIM Pact With Microsoft: Prelude To A Takeover? </a></div></div><div class=lit>Under the agreement, Aspen will be allowed broad access to Microsoft's latest Extended <span class=highlight> File Allocation Table </span> (exFAT), which is a modern file system that facilitates large files for audiovisual media and enables seamless data portability and an easy interchange between desktop PCs and other electronic devices. <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Microsoft+signs+patent+licensing+agreement+with+Aspen+Avionics+for...-a0288601792> Microsoft signs patent licensing agreement with Aspen Avionics for exFAT </a></div></div><div class=lit>As you can see, overall the speeds are much slower, in part because Windows-like any operating system-not only has to copy over the data, but has to write the location of the data to its <span class=highlight> file allocation table </span> (NTFS for the hard drives; FAT32 for the USB drive). <div class=lit_links><a href=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/USB+3.0+picks+up+mobile+backup+pace-a0278346425> USB 3.0 picks up mobile backup pace </a></div></div><div class=lit>To this end, Microsoft recently rolled out "exFat" technology, short for Extended <span class=highlight> File Allocation Table </span> , that enables flash memory cards, smartphones and cameras to handle orders of magnitude more memory than previous file systems. <div class=lit_links><a 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