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SanDisk Releases 512GB SD Card
Lucas123 writes: SanDisk has announced the world's highest capacity SD card, a 512GB model that represents a 1,000-fold increase over the company's first 512MB card that it shipped a decade ago. The SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I memory card has a max read/write rate of 95MB/s and 90MB/s, respectively. The card is rated to function in temperatures from -13 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit. The 512GB model retails for $800. The card also comes in 128GB and 256GB capacities.
Why the hell are we talking about the Fahrenheit scale. And, while we're at it, memory of all kinds is always expressed in GiB, so a 512GB card is 1024 times as large as a 512MB card, not 1000 times.
It looks like a standard -25 to 85C extended commercial rating.
You just know these memory companies have had the ability to do this for quite some time. Probably since the spec was released to the public way back when.
have no proof of this of course except reflection and observation of past trends, but common sense tells me that greed and the mighty dollar are the primary barriers to having a terabyte or more on a little itty bitty card - today. Milk the consumer for whatever you can! Then incrementally bump the standards and crank the price. Rinse, repeat, PROFIT!!!! Just like Wi-Fi, CPU's (I'm looking at you Intel and AMD), hard drives, SSD's, graphics cards (nVidia and AMD again), etc. This is how it's done - period. I sure as hell can't afford to spend $800 on one of these cards nor would I be stupid enough to do so. I mean, for me, I'd rather go with multiple cards because they DO get corrupted and may even get lost. With 64 GB cards going for around $45 or less a while ago (I have no idea what they are now without looking) and I'd imagine 128's to be around $100 or so give or take, it just makes more economical and strategic sense to go buy several smaller capacity cards and swap them out when full. But what do I know...
Signed Captain Obvious