Although the xD Picture Cards are no longer supported by new devices made after 2010, many digital cameras and MP3 players that were released in the first decade of the 21st century used this flash memory format. Pioneered by Fujifilm and Olympus, these units were announced in 2001 and released in the summer of 2002. Olympus... more...
MicroSD is the smallest available flash memory format that’s commercially available to the public. It was developed by California, USA based flash memory company, SanDisk, and dubbed T-Flash. The name TransFlash followed, until the SD Association adapted the format under the name of microSD. A microSD card is tiny enough... more...
SD, or Secure Digital, is a brand of memory cards that has largely taken over the flash memory market in devices like digital cameras and camcorders, laptops, Personal Digital Assistants, and even video game consoles. Its success can be measures throughout the years by its market penetration, adaptability to different types... more...
Portable media has put pictures, videos, movies, and other files on the move in the 21st century. After the SD card was unleashed, one fact became clear: although it was a marvelous advent, it was still too large for portable electronics. And so the miniSD format was made suitable to supplement various devices’ built-in... more...
The Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo is a next-generation memory card from Sony – combining the power and reliability of two older generating memory sticks – viz. the Memory Stick Pro and the Memory Stick Duo. This later edition of memory stick is a powerful storehouse of data with the largest in the line capable of storing... more...
Memory storage poses to be one of the most crucial aspects of information usage in today’s age. The need for access to compact devices that can store ever-increasing needs of memory requirements at higher speeds has become almost essential. Whether it is your phone, camera, music player, movie player – there is no... more...
Ever since their inception in the early 1990’s, memory cards have been popular as a form of portable and size-efficient memory storage devices. Also, since the release of the first PD card in 1991, the technology used to make these flash memory devices have come a long way – with new editions/products released almost... more...
January 20 2010, Since several slumps over the past few years, the ever-fluctuating market of NAND flash memory currently seems to be back in a favorable, steadily growing position. However, there is a very grey lining to this market’s current silver cloud. Counterfeit memory cards, predominantly from China, is still... more...
