The next version of SD Express is a boon for pro photography and 8K video

If the original SD Express gave niche and proprietary memory card formats a run for their money, its follow-up might just blow past them. The SD Association has unveiled (via Gizmodo) an 8.0 specification for SD Express that promises up to a 3,940MB/...

SanDisk unveils 512GB Extreme Pro card


The latest addition to SanDisk’s Extreme Pro class of memory cards has been announced and it is no ordinary deal because the new 512GB Extreme Pro SDXC UHS-I is the world’s first SD card with this...

Toshiba Will Show off New Memory Card with TransferJet Wireless Transfer Technology at CES


Toshiba has announced that it will be on hand at CES 2013 early next month to show off a new reference SDHC memory card. The memory card has integrated TransferJet wireless transfer technology. The...

Kingston Digital SDXC cards arrive with lower price, larger capacities

Kingston Digital SDXC cards arrive with low price, Class 10 speeds

Kingston's unveiled two new SDXC cards for anyone looking to upgrade the capacity (or performance speed) of their current removable storage of choice without denting the bank balance too much. The SDXC Class 10 cards arrive in 64GB and 128GB sizes, and Kingston reckons they'd go great with your new digital camera -- as long as it's compatible with the SDXC format, naturally. Both are available to buy now, direct from the storage manufacturer, alongside smaller capacities, with the 128GB card priced at $182 and the 64GB setting you back $80. The full press release is after the break.

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Kingston Digital Launches 64 GB and 128 GB SDXC Memory Cards


Kingston has announced the launch of two new high-capacity SDXC memory cards that carry surprisingly reasonable prices. Both the memory cards are Class 10 devices, seen a sustained minimal transfer...

CompactFlash Association announces 600MB/sec CFast2.0 spec, SanDisk developing cards

CompactFlash Association announces CFast20 spec, SanDisk begins development of cardsSD cards and their many variants may be the memory card format of choice in most cameras these days, but there's still plenty of instances where nothing but a larger CompactFlash card will suffice. Now the organization behind the format has announced its latest revision, the CFast2.0 specification, which it hopes will find its way into future digital cameras and other professional video devices. The big news with it is a promised "theoretical" performance of up to 600MB/sec, which is about four times faster than today's CompactFlash cards, as well as a new sleep mode that promises to help conserve battery life when the card is not in use. What's more, while the cards themselves are still a ways off, SanDisk has announced today that it has begun development of them, and medium format camera manufacturer Phase One has also confirmed that it intends to support the new specification.

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Samsung brings speedy UHS-I class SD and microSD memory cards in new 64GB sizes to IFA 2012

Samsung brings speedy UHSI class SD and microSD memory cards in new 64GB sizes to IFA 2012

We've seen UHS-I class SD and microSD cards capable of incredible speeds before, and Samsung unveiled a few 16GB microSD modules of its own earlier this year, but now it's showing off 64GB sized versions at IFA 2012. The top of the line Pro editions intended for high speed LTE-connected phones and tablets are capable of read/write speeds at 80MB/40MB per second (SD) and 70MB/20MB per second (microSD). If you're not with us in Germany, you should be able to get your hands on them in mid-October.

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