14 DAY TRIAL // With electronics getting more and more compact, memory cards have been becoming increasingly more important, something Apacer, whose portfolio just saw the arrival of both SLC and MLC-based products, definitely is aware of.
There is a healthy number of possible uses for memory cards, especially now that they are able to pack many gigabytes of data more than even the standard hard disk drives of several years ago.
Apacer is revealed to have created a number of new storage solutions of this sort, composed of either SLC (single-level cell) or MLC (multi-level cell) NAND Flash memory chips.
There newcomers adhere to the SD/SDHC form factor and, thus, should prove their worth in such applications as car navigation, medical devices, surveillance, communication, industrial installations and the military.
Depending on the sort of memory, the cards can be divided into two sub-series, featuring vastly distinct storage options.
The MLC-based cards, although the slower and less reliable of the two lines, range from 4 GB of storage all the way up to the capacity of 32 GB. Their top data rates are of 19 MB/s when reading and 8 MB/s when writing.
Meanwhile, the SLC ones can go as low as 256 MB and as high as 8 GB, while reading and writing tasks are accomplished at 20 MB/s and 13 MB/s, respectively.
All the above solutions are compliant with the SD 2.0 specification and feature the Class 10 rating, plus support for 24-bit ECC and integrated Global Wear leveling and S.M.A.R.T technology.
Finally, all cards are designed in such a way that they are protected from vibrations and shock, as well as harsh temperatures (the lower and upper limits are of -40º C and 85º C, respectively).
Unfortunately, even though Apacer did formally launch the newcomers, it failed to specify any sort of pricing information.