SanDisk (Western Digital) has announced a 400 GB MicroSD card for $250:
In 2015, SanDisk released the world's first 200GB microSDXC storage media using TLC flash technology. Today the company announced a successor, the Ultra MicroSDXC UHS-I, which doubles capacity to a massive 400GB housed within a card roughly the size of your finger nail.
This form factor is now the de facto standard for several classes of devices that span a wide range of product types. Most modern cell phones and tablets have standardized on microSD, and the technology has also penetrated other devices, such as drones and game consoles.
This new 400GB model can hold up to 40 hours of Full HD video and has a transfer speed of up to 100 MBps. That comes out to transferring up to 1,200 photos per minute. The card also meets the A1 App Performance Class specification built by the SD Association to ensure high random performance. The specification insists that products carrying the logo can meet or exceed 1,500 random read IOPS and 500 random write IOPS for quick loading of mobile optimized applications.
Time to update your sneakernet bandwidth calculations with this and a 787 Dreamliner.
Also at Engadget, The Verge, and PC Magazine.
Previously: Samsung Announces 256 GB MicroSD Card
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday August 31 2017, @06:45PM (3 children)
The bandwidth math should be done with Shinkansen or TGVs, not silly 787s.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday August 31 2017, @07:28PM (2 children)
At least the old standard of a station wagon full of floppies was something an average end user could actually do. Not many people have personal access to airliners or commuter trains.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday August 31 2017, @07:30PM (1 child)
Tapes? Tapes. I thought floppies sounded wrong.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday August 31 2017, @07:35PM
Well, in many cases in Europe or Japan, your disaster recovery using offsite backups would come in someone's bag in a train.