14 DAY TRIAL // Although we typically associate the concept of a SD and/or SDHC memory cards with digital cameras, the truth of the matter is that these storage media are used for a much wider array of purposes, and that's exactly the reason why Japanese company Green-House has just introduced a new line of such memory cards, targeting the industrial environment.
Given the fact that they're designed to work in some pretty harsh conditions (higher temperatures, possible humidity, non-stop operation, etc.), it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that these new memory cards, known as the GH-SDI B-Series, are way more resilient than their consumer-grade counterparts.
So, the cards can operate at temperatures between -40° C and 85° C, as well as humidity levels of 10% to 95% (with no condensation occurring), as well as shocks up to 1,000 G (Maximum) and vibrations of up to 15G (peak to peak).
The memory cards also include ECC to prevent writing errors, global wear leveling and bad block management, while also providing some pretty fast read and write speeds, depending on the overall size of the card.
So, the 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB models will provide a 19MB/s read speed and 17MB/s write speed, while the 4GB and 8GB versions support 20/16 MB/s read and write speeds, respectively.
It's also important to mention that, despite of the fact that they're designed to work in tougher environments, the GH-SDI B-Series memory cards from Green-House are not that different from regular SD and SDHC cards in terms of external size and form factor , as they measure 24.0 x 32.0 x 2.1 (H) mm and weigh around 2.0 grams.
Unfortunately, Green-House's announcement lacks two very important pieces of information, namely that of pricing and availability, while the company also refrains from pointing out whether these cards will ever make it out of Japan or not.