microSDXC
Samsung has been marketing SD and microSD cards for a few years now under the PRO Plus lineup in the UHS-I category. We looked at the 2020 lineup in detail a few years back. In 2021, the company updated this product line with increased read/write speeds of 160 MBps / 120 MBps. Today, the company is announcing new updates to the lineup with increased speeds of up to 180 MBps reads and 130 MBps writes. The new cards come with a V30 video speed class rating, guaranteeing a minimum write speed of 30 MBps even under worst-case conditions. On the microSD front, Samsung is touting A2 application performance class for the new cards. These cards guarantee a minimum of 4000 random read IOPS and 2000...
Western Digital Expands Purple Surveillance Storage Options with 18TB HDD and 1TB microSDXC Models
Western Digital has been marketing their surveillance-focused storage solutions under the Purple branding since 2014. After the SanDisk acquisition, the company started selling WD Purple microSDXC cards as a...
15 by Ganesh T S on 9/23/2020
Transcend Launches microSD Cards with SLC Caching
Transcend has unveiled a new series of microSD memory cards that support pseudo-SLC caching to boost burst write speeds. The new USD230I memory cards offer data transfer speeds of...
20 by Anton Shilov on 3/30/2020
SanDisk's First 1 TB microSD Card Now Available
Marking a new high in microSD card capacities, Western Digital has started shipping its flagship SanDisk Extreme 1 TB microSDXC card. This is the company's (and industry's) first 1...
22 by Anton Shilov on 5/16/2019
Samsung EVO Plus microSDXC UHS-I 512GB Memory Card Capsule Review
As content capture devices are recording ever-higher bitrate videos and higher resolution photos, high capacity memory cards are increasingly in demand. Everything from smartphones to game consoles to PCs...
11 by Ganesh T S on 5/10/2019
Micron and Western Digital Unveil 1 TB microSD Cards with A2
The evolution of 3D NAND memory had enabled storage device makers to offer rather unprecedented capacities. To that end, this week at Mobile World Congress, Micron and Western Digital...
18 by Anton Shilov on 2/26/2019
SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I 400GB Memory Card Capsule Review
Almost all content capture devices employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage. Hand-held consoles and many other computing systems (PCs as well as smartphones) also employ them for...
3 by Ganesh T S on 12/13/2018
ADATA XPG Launches Gaming microSD Cards, up to 512GB
ADATA this week launched its lineup of microSD cards aimed at gamers. The ADATA XPG microSD cards offer capacities up to 512 GB, and are compliant with the 'App...
10 by Anton Shilov on 11/27/2018
FreeTail EVOKE Pro microSDXC UHS-II Memory Card Capsule Review
Almost all content capture devices employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage. Hand-held consoles and many other computing systems (PCs as well as smartphones) also employ them for...
5 by Ganesh T S on 11/20/2018
PNY Elite microSDXC UHS-I 512GB Memory Card Capsule Review
High-capacity microSDXC cards have started to appear in the market, thanks to the advent of 3D NAND. In August 2017, the 400GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC UHS-I card was introduced...
14 by Ganesh T S on 9/18/2018
Silicon Power Has a Host of USB-C Peripherals: MicroSD Card Reader, Dongles & Docks
The USB Type-C interface yet has to become as ubiquitous as USB Type-A, but as there are laptops that only have USB-C ports, a number of manufacturers already produce...
6 by Anton Shilov on 6/29/2018
Kingston Has HyperX 256 GB microSDXC Card for Gamers
In the recent years Kingston has repositioned its HyperX brand from performance enthusiasts to gamers, thus expanding the range from high-performance memory modules to a wide range of components...
4 by Anton Shilov on 6/20/2018
ADATA, PNY, and Team Group to Launch 512 GB microSDXC Cards This Summer
At least three well-known suppliers of NAND flash-based products — ADATA, PNY, and Team Group — are gearing up to start selling their 512 GB microSDXC cards next month...
10 by Anton Shilov on 6/7/2018
Integral Launches 512 GB microSDXC Card: UHC-I, U1, Class 10
Integral Memory has released the industry’s highest-capacity microSDXC memory card that one can buy today. Integral’s new 512 GB microSDXC V10, UHS-I U1 card can store half of a...
23 by Anton Shilov on 1/25/2018
SanDisk Extreme and Extreme PRO Memory Cards Review
Digital cameras and camcorders employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage of captured content. There are different varieties of memory cards catering to various performance levels. CompactFlash (CF...
21 by Ganesh T S on 11/8/2017
ADATA Premier and XPG SDXC and microSDXC Cards Review
Digital cameras and camcorders employ memory cards (flash-based removable media) for storage of captured content. There are different varieties of memory cards catering to various performance levels. CompactFlash (CF...
19 by Ganesh T S on 10/30/2017
SanDisk Launches SD and microSD for Industrial and Automotive: Extreme Temps, Upped Reliability
Western Digital has introduced its new SanDisk Automotive and SanDisk Industrial memory cards for specialized applications. The new cards can work in extreme temperatures for prolonged amounts of time...
8 by Anton Shilov on 10/4/2017
Western Digital Launches SanDisk Ultra microSD Card with 400 GB Capacity
Today Western Digital is taking the wraps off of the industry’s first microSDXC card with a 400 GB capacity. The card is aimed at Google Android-based smartphones or tablets...
18 by Anton Shilov on 8/31/2017
SanDisk Launches A1-Class microSDXC Card
At CES 2017, we had the chance to catch up with Western Digital to check out the updates from their end in the direct-attached storage space. After the acquisition...
23 by Ganesh T S on 1/23/2017
Patriot Introduces LX 256 GB microSDXC Card with Class 10, U3 Certifications
Patriot has announced its new high-capacity microSDXC card that can store 256 GB of data. The cards not only feature leading-edge capacity, but also support up to 80 MB/s...
4 by Anton Shilov on 1/4/2017
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