Tag: Flash memory
CES 2009: New SD card standard paves the way for 2TB capacities
The SD association has announced a new top-end to the capacities of its eponymous flash memory cards. The new spec is called “SDXC” – short for “eXtended Capacity”, and it’ll hold up to 2TB of data, with transfer speeds rocketing up to 104MB/s. In contrast, the previous maximums were 32GB and 10MB/s.
This is just a specification – there’s no products yet – and support for the format will have to make its way into devices before it’ll be much use selling the cards. However, I think it’s fairly safe to say that we’ll be seeing these on shelves in a year or so.
(via Gizmodo)
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Shiny Video Review: Swarovski bling flash drives from Philips
Back when I was on Shiny Shiny and more concerned with sparkly, pink and fluffy gadgets than robots and all things geektacular, I went to the launch of the Swarovski and Philips flash drives. You’ll be pleased to know, months later, that they’re finally launching in the UK this week (Harrods, to be precise), and that Zara recently got all hands-on with them. Boys, forget diamonds – if you want to get jewellery for your geeky girls, head on down at the end of this week, where prices start at £50…
Pinnacle's new PCTV USB memory stick with TV tuner
USB TV tuners are fairly common these days, but Pinnacle's PCTV solution is a little different as it incorporates 1GB of flash memory, meaning that digital TV content can be recorded onto the device and played back on any computer…
Samsung debuts industry's highest density embedded flash memory card
Samsung has today announced that samples of its 8GB flash memory card have been shipped to major mobile electronics manufacturers. It is, to date, the highest density flash memory developed. The moviNAND consists of four 50-nanometer, 16Gigabit NAND flash memories,…
Apple may use flash memory for 'subnotebooks'
An analyst at American Technology Research has claimed that Apple may begin shipping a line of ultra-portable notebook computers that use flash memory in place of a hard drive. These 'subnotebooks' would run a cut down version of Mac OS…
Samsung launch first hybrid hard drive
Samsung has claimed the world's first production hybrid hard drive, the MH80 coming with a standard hard drive and up to 256MB of OneNAND flash memory on board, that can provide faster response times under certain circumstances. The drive has…
