SD cards
Western Digital this week is previewing the industry's first 4 TB SD card. The device is being showcased at the NAB trade show for broadcasters and content creators and will be released commercially in 2025. Western Digital's SanDisk Extreme Pro SDUC 4 TB SD card complies with the Secure Digital Ultra Capacity standard (SDUC, which enables up to 128TB). The card uses the Ultra High Speed-I (UHS-I) interface and is rated for speed Class 10, therefore supporting a minimum speed of 10 MB/s and a maximum data transfer rate of 104 MB/s when working in UHS104 (SDR104) mode (there is a catch about performance, but more on that later). WD's SD card is also rated to meet Video Speed Class V30, supporting a minimal sequential...
Silicon Motion Announces SM2708 SD Express Controller
Silicon Motion has announced their first SD Card controller to support the NVMe-based SD Express interface. The new SM2708 controller is capable of sequential transfer speeds of 1700 MB/s...
17 by Billy Tallis on 4/7/2021
SanDisk Launches Max Endurance microSD Cards: 3 to 15 Years Warranty
In a world where NAND storage density, capacity, and low cost matter the most, key metrics that take a back seat include endurance and retention rates. For users who...
22 by Anton Shilov on 3/19/2020
Kingston’s Fast SD Cards at CES 2020: UHS-II at 300 MB/s & UHS-I at 170 MB/s
Kingston has introduced several new high-performance Secure Digital memory cards at CES 2020, as well as new card readers. This time around the company decided to focus on SD...
3 by Anton Shilov on 1/6/2020
Phison Develops PS5017 Controller for SD Express & MicroSD Express Cards
In order for the SD 7.0/7.1 (aka SD Express) ecosystem to take off, a number of things are needed, but aside from specification itself, availability of controllers for card...
18 by Anton Shilov on 6/14/2019
Realtek Showcases RTS5261 SD Express Controller, up to 128 TB at 1GB/s
Last year the SD Association published its Secure Digital 7.0 standard that defines SD Express cards. At this year’s Computex, Realtek demonstrated one of the industry’s first SD Express...
11 by Anton Shilov on 6/14/2019
SanDisk's First 1 TB microSD Card Now Available
Marking a new high in microSD card capacities, Western Digital has started shipping its flagship SanDisk Extreme 1 TB microSDXC card. This is the company's (and industry's) first 1...
22 by Anton Shilov on 5/16/2019
ADATA Launches microSD Cards Based on SLC NAND Memory
ADATA has introduced a new lineup of microSD cards that use SLC NAND and are aimed at industrial applications. By incorporating the lower-density and higher-reliability memory type, ADATA's IUDD362...
28 by Anton Shilov on 4/25/2019
Kingston Launches High-Endurance microSD Cards: Up to 128 GB
Kingston has introduced its new lineup of microSD cards designed for write-intensive applications in harsh environments. Kingston’s Endurance family microSD cards promise extensive durability, an extended operating temperature range...
3 by Anton Shilov on 4/2/2019
Micron Returns to the microSD Card Market with the Micron c200 Series: From 128 GB to 1 TB
About a year and a half after discontinuing its Lexar consumer storage business, Micron is making a comeback with a series of microSD cards that it's demonstrating at Mobile...
5 by Anton Shilov on 2/26/2019
Micron and Western Digital Unveil 1 TB microSD Cards with A2
The evolution of 3D NAND memory had enabled storage device makers to offer rather unprecedented capacities. To that end, this week at Mobile World Congress, Micron and Western Digital...
18 by Anton Shilov on 2/26/2019
HiDisc’s 1 TB SDXC Card with A2 Rating Now at Retail
HiDisc, a Japanese brand that belongs to Magnetic Laboratories company, has started sales of its 1 TB SDXC memory cards in Japan. The cards do not offer very high...
7 by Anton Shilov on 2/7/2019
Lexar at CES 2019: 1 TB SDXC UHD-I Memory Card Announced
Lexar has announced the industry’s first commercial SD memory card featuring a 1 TB capacity. The SDXC card is designed for photo and video professionals who require massive capacities...
8 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2019
ADATA XPG Launches Gaming microSD Cards, up to 512GB
ADATA this week launched its lineup of microSD cards aimed at gamers. The ADATA XPG microSD cards offer capacities up to 512 GB, and are compliant with the 'App...
10 by Anton Shilov on 11/27/2018
Lexar Launches 512 GB microSD Card with A2 App Performance Spec
Lexar this past week introduced its new family of A2-class microSD cards, the Lexar High-Performance 633x A2. Supporting the highest Application Performance class, the new microSD card is designed...
17 by Anton Shilov on 11/5/2018
SanDisk Extreme microSD Cards with A2 App Performance Spec Unveiled: 4K/2K IOPS
Western Digital’s SanDisk division on Friday unveiled its first lineup of microSD cards that are compliant with the App Performance 2 (A2) specification. The new SanDisk Extreme cards are...
23 by Anton Shilov on 10/5/2018
Silicon Power Has a Host of USB-C Peripherals: MicroSD Card Reader, Dongles & Docks
The USB Type-C interface yet has to become as ubiquitous as USB Type-A, but as there are laptops that only have USB-C ports, a number of manufacturers already produce...
6 by Anton Shilov on 6/29/2018
SD Association Announces SD 7.0 Spec & SD Express Interface: PCIe + NVMe, Up to 985 MB/s
The SD Association - the body responsible for defining the standards for Secure Digital cards - has made it no secret that the organization has been working on a...
24 by Anton Shilov on 6/28/2018
PCIe-Based SD 7.0 Spec Closing In, Set to Be Announced This Month
The SD Association plans to formally announce its Secure Digital 7.0 specification later this month. The new spec will define usage of a PCIe protocol for SD cards and...
15 by Anton Shilov on 6/12/2018
Western Digital Demos SD Card with PCIe x1 Interface, 880 MB/s Read Speed
BARCELONA, ESP — Western Digital demonstrated an experimental SD card featuring a PCIe Gen 3 x1 interface at Mobile World Congress. Meanwhile, the SD Card Association is calling upon...
26 by Anton Shilov on 2/27/2018
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