Sony said Friday it will begin selling memory cards with write speeds of 125 Mbps, the fastest in the industry, from February.
The new cards are the first to be announced under a new standard
called XQD, a specification from the CompactFlash Assocation announced
in December.
The cards are meant for working with data-heavy formats such as raw
image and video data in high-end cameras, where write speed to memory is
becoming a bottleneck as image sensors and processors become more
advanced. Faster write times will mean less pause between pictures
snapped in data-heavy formats such as RAW, and snappier editing for
previously saved data.
Sony
said it will launch 16 GB and 32 GB versions initially, as well as
readers that work with USB 3.0 and PCI slots in computers. In Japan, the
cards will have estimated prices of ¥20,000 (US$260) and ¥33,000, while
the readers will each cost ¥4,000 and are slated to go on sale Feb. 15.
A Sony spokesman said the products will also be released outside Japan on a similar time frame.
CompactFlash is an older rival to formats such as Secure Digital (SD)
which is now widely used for storage in mainstream digital cameras,
mobile phones and personal computers.
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