14 DAY TRIAL // Since this is a time of photo and video camera releases, storage product makers are also launching memory cards, aiming to ride the current stirred by things like Canon PowerShot and Olympus’ XZ-2.
Silicon Power is the one adding its name to the growing list of new memory card suppliers, after SanDisk and Lexar, to name just two others.
The card it revealed is called Superior CF 1000X, carries a capacity of as much as 128 GB and transfers data at up to 150 MB/s.
The VPG-20 specification (Video Performance Guarantee) is supported by it. This means that video capture can be done at up to 20 MB/s. We have no doubt that professionals will appreciate the ability of shooting high-quality video without loss of frames. That goes for 3D footage as well.
Nevertheless, the card truly shines only when Ultra DMA mode 7 is enabled, pushing the transfer speed to the limit mentioned above (150 MB per second).
For those interested in the technical details, 150 MB/s is the top read speed. The write speed associated with it is 80 MB/s (Testmatrix result).
A test by USB 3.0 returned 120 MB/s as the top read and 70 MB/s as top write speed. No matter how we look at it, that is still a lot.
The capacity of the card is 128 GB or 64 GB. Both models have built-in ECC (Error Correcting Code) and RoHS compliance (manufactured without hazardous materials).
As for physical durability, the Silicon Power Superior CF 1000X can last for 10,000 insertions at the very least. The operating temperature is of 0 to 70 degrees Celsius, while the storage temperature range of -40 to 85 degrees.
Finally, the newcomer runs on 3.3V/5V, has a humidity resistance of 8% to 95% and ships with a lifetime warranty and a MTBF of over 1,000,000 hours.