SD association pushes SD storage into realm of terabyte capacities
SD storage took a great leap forward at CES on Wednesday. The SD Association announced a new SDXC specification which allows for up to 2TB of storage capacity and read/write speeds up to 104MB per second with future expansion up to 300 megabytes per second! The new SDXC format uses Microsoft’s exFAT file system to support large capacity cards and will provide interoperability with a wide range of PCs, consumer electronics, photography equipment and mobile phones. SDXC cards will be available as full-sized SDXC cards and microSDXC. The new specification drops support for the less popular mini-SD format. The detailed specifications for the open standard will be released in the first quarter of 2009 with widespread device support expected in late 2009 – early 2010. 2TB of storage in your digital camera or mobile handset?! Yes please.
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That is silly fast
That is silly huge! I’m glad that people can now keep their entire photo album stuck on the cameras forever now.
Now I need a software update for my nikon d80 for this to work
2TD on MicroSD!!!
I just jizzed in my pants!
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can it be used as SSD?
if so, this is a good alternative
I’m pretty sure the 2TB is a “theoretical” capacity. I sincerely doubt you’ll actually see a 2TB in your local WalMart anytime soon. Capacity and speed are definitely going up quite a bit and that’s going to be fantastic!
That’s pretty incredible !
If not Wal-Mart, then New Egg!
Imagine backing up your PC’s and Laptop’s HDD(s) to your phone, instead of the other way around!
Overkill?
You know one of the funny things about this would be if you did have a 2TB card in your compact digital camera and had it filled with pictures, your camera batteries would expire long before you could view all the images!
i honestly have no problem with the 2 gig card in my Blackberry curve, why the F*** would i need 2TB of storage on my phone or my camera for that matter. i agree with Teck thats overkill.
Hmmmm… I could put a crap load of movies on my G1… Sweet!!!!!
With powerful enough hardware I would love to see the types of apps that would develop. Or even having often used maps and routes saved on the card.
A 4th generation Andriod phone with this would own I think.
I would love this…and wtf they can pack 2tb into these sd cards and fuckin hdd makers can’t make portable terabyte drives yet…i dont care if its different whatever…western digital and you u fools step your game up!
I don’t see myself using this on my camera, but on my phone would rock since I can definitely keep a large photo album and songs simutaneously. This is awesome for when I come back from a trip or adventure and can show my friends my photos right at the pub while keeping the same music I want.