Is that 8GB microSD card you bought for your phone starting to look a little puny now that Google has started letting developers upload apps up to 4GB in size to the Android Market? Not to worry. 64GB microSDXC cards are on the way. KINGMAX has introduced the first 64GB card. It’s a class 6 […]
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SD Association’s new UHS-II spec to bring 300% faster SD, microSD cards
It hasn’t even been a year since the SD Association announced its UHS-I spec for higher-speed digital memory cards, but the group is pushing ahead with their next big thing. UHS-II has been unveiled at CES 2011, and the update will bring a significant speed boost to next-gen SD cards. Transfer rates will be up […]
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Big things in small packages: Lexar launches 64GB, 128GB SDXC cards
I remember when I got my first 16MB SD/MMC card and marveled at how much storage space a flash card the size of a postage stamp could hold. That was about 10 years ago. A lot has changed in the past decade, and today Lexar has announced it’s launching the first Class 10 128GB SD […]
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SD cards of the future could have 300MBps read speeds
Sure, Toshiba just got around to launching its super-fast SDHC UHS-I cards with read speeds up to 95MB/s yesterday. But that’s nothing. The SD Association has approved a new standard that could lead to flash memory cards with read speeds up to 300MBps. The new SD cards will be the same size as current SDHC […]
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SD Association unveils faster UHS-I spec for SDHC and SDXC cards
Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some way to tell whether certain USB flash drives or memory cards were faster than others just by looking at them? The SD association (the folks who oversee the specs for SD cards) certainly think so, and they’re rolling out a little change to help clear things up. […]
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Asus Eee PC T101MT is first netbook with high capacity SDXC card slot
I totally missed this the other day when perusing the specs for the upcoming Asus Eee PC T101MT touchscreen tablet-style netbook, but aside from being the first 10 inch touchscreen model from Asus, the T101MT is also apparently the first netbook to come standard with an SDXC card slot. What’s an SDXC card? It’s basically […]
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SDXC memory cards will support up to 2TB of storage
That 16GB SDHC card that provides extra storage for your netbook not doing it for you? Not to worry. The SD Association has announced a new specification for SDXC cards, with the XC standing for extended capacity. The new cards will support up to 2TB of storage, and will have higher bus speeds which means […]