Posts Tagged ‘SDXC’

First SDXC card – Pretec 32GB

Pretec grabs two firsts on this evil card at CeBIT 2009.

One: capacity, 32GB SD is the first in the market.
Two: XC. The first SDXC card ever.
With an impressive 50MB/s read/write, with SDXC replace CF cards for DSLR or high-end camera storage?

Oh, just a reminder, SDHC readers can never read an SDXC card. Similarly, cameras and phones just can’t use this. So even if you’ve got this card, you can’t use it any way at this moment.

SDXC, the Next-generation SD card announced in 2009 International CES

In the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) held in Las Vegas in 2009, the capacity of a SD card is expected to have a breakthrough. Typical SD cards only support up to 2GB, and the SDHC capacity has a cap of 32GB.

The new SHXC stands for “Secure Digital Extended Capacity” capable of supporting a maximum capacity of 2TB (= 2,000GB (in 1024 scale not 1000 scale)).

According to the report of Dennis Hissink in CES 2009 website, “SDXC is a large-capacity card that can store more than 4,000 RAW images, which is the uncompressed mode professionals use, and 17,000 of the fine-mode most consumers use. That capacity, combined with the exFAT file system, increases movie recording time and reduces starting time to improve photo-capturing opportunities,” said Shigeto Kanda, general manager at Canon. “Improvements in interface speed allow further increases in continuous shooting speed and higher resolution movie recordings. As a memory card well suited to small-sized user-friendly digital cameras, the SDXC flash memory specification will help consumers realize the full potential of our cameras.”