14 DAY TRIAL // Toshiba has just announced the launch of the world's fastest SD card, which comes in three versions: 8 GB, 16GB and 32GB SDHC UHS-I. All three types of memory cards are compliant with the SD Memory Card Standard Ver. 3.0, UHS 104. The company also unveiled the world’s first microSDHC UHS-I cards delivering 4GB, 8GB and 16GB capacities.
The new card series was showcased at the IFA 2010, in Berlin, Germany from September 3, and PHOTOKINA 2010, in Koln, Germany.
It seems that the new SDHC UHS-I cards are the world’s first memory cards compliant with SD 3.0, UHS104, and are capable of a maximum read speed of 95MB per sec, and a write speed of 80MB per sec.
The new microSDHC UHS-I cards are the world’s first microSDHC memory cards compliant with SD 3.0, UHS50, and are capable of offering a maximum read speed of 40MB per sec and a write speed of 20MB per sec.
Here are some of the key features of the new products:
SDHC UHS-I cards (32GB, 16GB, 8GB): supports UHS104, a new ultra high speed SD interface, and the highest standard in the new SD 3.0, which provides 104MB per sec. bus speed on the SD interface. It realizes a maximum read speed of 95MB per sec and a write speed of 80MB per sec.
microSDHC UHS-I cards (16GB, 8GB, 4GB): supports UHS50, a new ultra high speed SD interface compliant with the new SD 3.0, which provides 50MB per sec. bus speed on the SD interface. It realizes a maximum read speed of 40MB per sec and a write speed of 20MB per sec, the fastest speed yet achieved in the microSD industry.
The mass production of the new memory cards and sample shipments will start this November.
There's no word on the pricing yet, but we can expect numbers higher than $100.