Toshiba Launches Exceria Pro CompactFlash Cards for Ultra-Fast DSLR Performance Toshiba announced the launch of a new line of CompactFlash (CF) memory cards, the Exceria Pro series, specifically targeting the DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) market. The new cards are compatible with CF Revision 6.0 and promise performance even higher than the XQD format, previously developed […]
SanDisk Launches Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I Cards With 90MB/s Write Speeds SanDisk is launching two new microSD memory cards today, officially called the SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I cards. What makes them special? They allow you to capture photos and videos at up to 90 megabytes per second, which is incredibly fast for any application. […]
Etron Technology has started shipping the company’s in-house developed 2- and 4-channel USB flash drive controller chips, and its single-channel ones are currently sampling with customers, according to the Taiwan-based IC design firm. With a more complete product offering, Etron is looking to enter the world’s top-two in the field of USB 3.0 flash drive […]
Nexcopy introduces all new, USB Duplicator for USB 3.0 SuperSpeed technology. 16 target system copies quickly and automatically.
Trek 2000 Ltd introduces a wifi SD card where by the user could transfer files from a device, like a camera, to a computer without the need for cables or internet access. We’ve seen this card before called the Eye-Fi card so we’ve been here before. What I like to see is the concept adopting […]
SD cards come in all sorts of GB sizes and speeds. Today I thought it a good idea to take a look inside an SD card along with breaking out the speed differences. To start, the SD media is broken down into “Classes” The Class depicts the speeds at which a device reads and writes. […]
Intel and Micron are two of the primary NAND flash memory makers and are partners in such manufacturing. Earlier this month they announced new technology capable of 3-bit per cell storage which is based off 34-nanometer technology. The 3-bit per cell concept allows for more storage in the same realestat of flash memory. This imporvement […]
Mark McCrosky Administrator and author for GetFlashMemory.info a.k.a GFM. GFM started in 2005 with the concept of providing flash memory information to the non-tech public. At the time, USB, NAND, flash was gaining momentum and every day products, articles and news became published. Today, the site is focused on bringing technical information, tricks and hacks. […]
Samsung is looking to strengthen their digital memory storage line with a possible purchase of SanDisk. SanDisk is currently the #1 supplier of solid state flash memory, world wide [such as Secure Digital, miniSD, microSD and many more]. Samsung is the top producer of flash memory chips. Through an acquisition, Samsung would strengthen it’s channel […]
Update: More info here The other day (literally) a fellow blogger and I where talking about why cell phones are so damn proprietary and if someone could develop a phone with the same open-source mindset as say WordPress (this blogging platform) than our world would be much better off. Well apparently I’ve been living under […]
