Sony brings out SD memory cards … wait, what?

Terence Huynh — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:09:26 +0000

Sony has announced that they will be bringing out five SD/SDHC memory cards, and three microSD/microSDHC memory cards – and yes, we’re not kidding. The company known for pushing its own memory standards will bring out the SD cards in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacity and microSD cards in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacity. Pricing ranges from $14.99 to $159.99 for the SD cards, and $14.99 to $44.99 for microSD cards. It also looks like that the pricing between the microSD cards will be the same (well, up to 8GB) to the SD equivalent.

Does this mean the death of the Memory Stick – not really. Sony’s head of consumer media, Shane Higby, has said that this will “complement” them.

SSD adapter takes 6 SDHC cards – and it’s under US$100

Terence Huynh — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:59:23 +0000

The device above it is a makeshift Solid State Drive, or SSD, adapter to transform your flash memory cards into, well, a SSD via a SATA adapter.

The PhotoFast CR-9000 is a 9.5mm tall, 2.5 inch adapter can take up to 6 SDHC cards, allowing to fit into most slim laptops – according to Engadget. This makes the maximum possible storage amount to 192GB (6 x 32GB SDHC cards). While the chips will cost you a lot, you can get this for just under US$100 – somewhere around US$91, or ¥10,000.

Coming with a 3Gbps SATA adapter, the performance depends on the weakest card out of the six cards in there. Read time is around 111.4MBps, while write time is around 55.17MBps in Raid 0 Setup and using class-6 rated SDHC cards.

Source: Engadget

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Sony brings out SD memory cards … wait, what?

SSD adapter takes 6 SDHC cards – and it’s under US$100