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SanDisk, Nikon and Sony Develop 500MB/sec 2TB Flash Card

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yes-have-some dept.

Lucas123 writes "SanDisk, Nikon and Sony are jointly developing a new Compact Flash card specification for the professional photography and video markets that boosts data transfer rates from 167MB/sec with today's 6.0 specification to 500MB/sec. The newly proposed specification would also offer up cards with a theoretical maximum capacity of 2TB, which would be conducive to recording high-definition video."

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  1. Re:Why not stick with SDXC? by Idarubicin · · Score: 4, Informative

    These cards will be more bulky and slower than high end SDXC cards. And SDXC is already in use today.

    Larger and (slightly) slower may mean cheaper, cooler, and/or more durable. A slightly larger form factor may also mean that we get larger actual capacities (rather than the theoretical maximum from the specs, which neither technology is going to reach for a while yet) sooner.

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    ~Idarubicin