SD Express 8.0 memory card specifications announced — Up to 4GBps transfer speed with PCIe 4.0

The SD Association, the group that sets criteria for memory cards, has recently announced the SD 8.0 Specification for SD Express memory cards that will allow the card to transfer data at nearly 4 gigabytes per second (GB/s) using the popular PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 specification. Continue reading “SD Express 8.0 memory card specifications announced — Up to 4GBps transfer speed with PCIe 4.0”

SD Express and SD Ultra Capacity will offer up to 985MBps transfer rate and up to 128TB cards

The SD Association at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai announced SD Express and new SD Ultra Capacity (SDUC) cards. The SD Express adds PCI Express and NVMe interfaces to the legacy SD interface. The PCIe 3.0 interface delivers 985 MBps maximum data transfer rate and the NVMe v1.3  protocol enables advanced memory access mechanism. Continue reading “SD Express and SD Ultra Capacity will offer up to 985MBps transfer rate and up to 128TB cards”