Memory Card News

SanDisk doubles the storage capacity of its Extreme III memory cards

SanDisk announced the addition of new memory card storage capacities to its Extreme III line of flash cards for professional digital cameras. The new cards include the 8 GB CompactFlash, 2 GB SD Memory Card and 4 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo.

SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash and SD cards have minimum write and read speeds of 20 MB/sec. Memory Stick PRO Duo have minimum write and read speeds of 18 MB/sec. They are among the world’s fastest memory cards, being used by professional photographers who require high-speed flash memory cards for their high-performance digital cameras.

SanDisk Extreme III cards have a 10-year warranty in Europe, the Middle East and Africa but will have a lifetime-limited warranty in the rest of the world. Photographers who purchase the memory cards will also have access to a toll-free number for technical support. The cards will also include the RescuePRO software that allows photographers to recover accidentally deleted and lost digital images or data.

The Extreme III memory cards have the following suggested retail prices:

CompactFlash 8GB                   $559.99          Available: March –06
SD Memory Card 2GB               $199.99          Available: March –06
Memory Stick Duo 4GB             $419.99          Available: March –06

SanDisk Extreme III memory cards use the SanDisk-developed ESP (Enhanced Super-Parallel Processing) technology that combines advanced NAND flash memory chips and controller designs, 32-bit RISC processing and leading edge algorithms for an architecture that streamlines every aspect of read and write data transfer operations. In addition, SanDisk works closely with major camera manufacturers to ensure speed and compatibility. The ESP architecture effectively removes the card as the bottleneck in data storage applications.
   

Add comment February 27th, 2006

Pretec introduces the 133X CompactFlash memory card

The Pretec 133 X CompactFlash memory card is having a reed speed of up to 20 MB per second and write speed of 14 MB per second, enabling users to enjoy the exciting multimedia experience in applications such as high-resolution and high-speed digital cameras where faster write speed means lower set-up time between pictures. The new CompactFlash memory card is more than 50% faster than its predecessor, the fastest CF card in the world two years ago, and is fully ATA/True IDE compatible and operational in both 5V and 3.3V platforms.

Add comment February 26th, 2006

PNY gives CompactFlash and SD Memory Card a speed boost

PNY Technologies introduced several, new higher-speed, higher-capacity memory cards.  The company’s new 60X Optima CompactFlash memory cards and 60X Optima SD Memory card can now capture, transfer and store data at a minimum sustained write speed of up to 9 MB/sec, and read speed of 10 MB/sec (66x) while its Optima Pro SD Memory Cards are capable of a write speed up to 20 MB/sec (133x).

PNY Technologie’s high-speed Optima CF and Optima SD cards will be available in 512MB, 1GB and 2GB in Q1 2006 from specialty camera retailers and e-tailers.  PNY Optima Pro SD Memory Cards will be available in Q2 2006 from specialty camera stores.  Available in 1GB and 2GB storage capacities, both Optima and Optima Pro come with a lifetime warranty. 

Add comment February 25th, 2006