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New SD card specification promises up to 4 GB per second transfer

June 2, 2020June 5, 2020 GaryPageau SD Association

The SD Association announced the SD 8.0 Specification for SD Express memory cards receives even faster transfer speeds by using the PCI Express (PCI) 4.0 specification delivering a maximum of nearly 4 gigabytes per second (GB/s) data transfer rate. These full-sized cards continue to use the NVMe Express (NVMe) upper layer protocol enabling advanced memory access mechanism. SD Express memory cards... Read More

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SD Association commemorates 20 years

January 21, 2020January 23, 2020 GaryPageau memory cards, SD Association1 Comment

The SD Association (SDA) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary after launching 20 years ago. SD memory cards have become the de facto storage device for billions of products in this mobility era when more storage is required. By 2023 and beyond, enterprises, machines, industries, consumers, science, and more will be generating 103 zettabytes per year, according to IDC. Data generated by... Read More

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SD Association Doubles Bus Interface Speeds With UHS-III

February 23, 2017March 11, 2017 GaryPageau removable media, SD, SD Association, SDHC, SDXC

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN–(Marketwired – February 23, 2017) – Pacifico Yokohama — CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show Booth # G-16 — Feb. 23, 2017 — The SD Association announced today UHS-III, doubling the fastest SD memory card transfer rate up to 624 megabytes per second (MB/s). UHS-III faster speeds help move large amounts of data generated by 3D/360-degree/drone cameras, 4K and... Read More