Memory Cards
Samsung has been marketing SD and microSD cards for a few years now under the PRO Plus lineup in the UHS-I category. We looked at the 2020 lineup in detail a few years back. In 2021, the company updated this product line with increased read/write speeds of 160 MBps / 120 MBps. Today, the company is announcing new updates to the lineup with increased speeds of up to 180 MBps reads and 130 MBps writes. The new cards come with a V30 video speed class rating, guaranteeing a minimum write speed of 30 MBps even under worst-case conditions. On the microSD front, Samsung is touting A2 application performance class for the new cards. These cards guarantee a minimum of 4000 random read IOPS and 2000...
SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I 400GB Memory Card Capsule Review
Almost all content capture devices employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage. Hand-held consoles and many other computing systems (PCs as well as smartphones) also employ them for...
3 by Ganesh T S on 12/13/2018
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
FreeTail EVOKE Pro microSDXC UHS-II Memory Card Capsule Review
Almost all content capture devices employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage. Hand-held consoles and many other computing systems (PCs as well as smartphones) also employ them for...
5 by Ganesh T S on 11/20/2018
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
PNY Elite microSDXC UHS-I 512GB Memory Card Capsule Review
High-capacity microSDXC cards have started to appear in the market, thanks to the advent of 3D NAND. In August 2017, the 400GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card was introduced...
14 by Ganesh T S on 9/18/2018
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
Kingston Has HyperX 256 GB microSDXC Card for Gamers
In the recent years Kingston has repositioned its HyperX brand from performance enthusiasts to gamers, thus expanding the range from high-performance memory modules to a wide range of components...
4 by Anton Shilov on 6/20/2018
UFS - USB Bridge Controllers for Card Readers, Hosts Incoming from JMicron & SMI
The JEDEC published the UFS Card 1.0 specification back in mid-2016, and shortly after that Samsung introduced its UFS cards with 32, 64, 128, and 256 GB capacities. In...
5 by Anton Shilov on 6/13/2018
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
ADATA, PNY, and Team Group to Launch 512 GB microSDXC Cards This Summer
At least three well-known suppliers of NAND flash-based products — ADATA, PNY, and Team Group — are gearing up to start selling their 512 GB microSDXC cards next month...
10 by Anton Shilov on 6/7/2018
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
Integral Launches 512 GB microSDXC Card: UHC-I, U1, Class 10
Integral Memory has released the industry’s highest-capacity microSDXC memory card that one can buy today. Integral’s new 512 GB microSDXC V10, UHS-I U1 card can store half of a...
23 by Anton Shilov on 1/25/2018
FreeTail EVOKE Pro SDXC UHS-II Memory Card Capsule Review
Digital cameras and camcorders employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage of captured content. There are different varieties of memory cards catering to various performance levels. CompactFlash (CF...
3 by Ganesh T S on 11/13/2017
SanDisk Extreme and Extreme PRO Memory Cards Review
Digital cameras and camcorders employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage of captured content. There are different varieties of memory cards catering to various performance levels. CompactFlash (CF...
21 by Ganesh T S on 11/8/2017
ADATA Premier and XPG SDXC and microSDXC Cards Review
Digital cameras and camcorders employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage of captured content. There are different varieties of memory cards catering to various performance levels. CompactFlash (CF...
19 by Ganesh T S on 10/30/2017
SanDisk Launches SD and microSD for Industrial and Automotive: Extreme Temps, Upped Reliability
Western Digital has introduced its new SanDisk Automotive and SanDisk Industrial memory cards for specialized applications. The new cards can work in extreme temperatures for prolonged amounts of time...
8 by Anton Shilov on 10/4/2017
Longsys Acquires Lexar Brand from Micron
Longsys on Thursday announced that it has acquired the Lexar brand name from Micron. The China-based supplier of NAND flash memory-based products will use the trademark to sell Lexar’s...
5 by Anton Shilov on 9/1/2017
Western Digital Launches SanDisk Ultra microSD Card with 400 GB Capacity
Today Western Digital is taking the wraps off of the industry’s first microSDXC card with a 400 GB capacity. The card is aimed at Google Android-based smartphones or tablets...
18 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2017
Micron Discontinues Lexar Business, Plans to Focus on Higher-Margin Products
Micron this week announced plans to discontinue its Lexar removable media storage business as a part of the company’s strategy to shift to higher margin NAND flash-based products. The...
18 by Anton Shilov on 6/28/2017
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