SanDisk Launches
512GB SD Card - Highest Capacity Memory Card Ever Made. The card, which is
the size of a postage stamp, will go on sale for $800 (£490). The launch comes a
decade after the firm released a 512-megabyte (MB) SD card with one-thousandth
of the space. Experts believe SD
cards could eventually hold up to 2 terabytes (TB) of data, about 2,000GB. The new card is
aimed at film-makers shooting in the high-quality 4K format. The 4K format -
which is four times the resolution of HD - requires large file storage.
Depending on compression, a single minute of 4K shooting will typically take
around 5GB of storage space. 4K Ultra HD
is an example of a technology that is pushing us to develop new storage
solutions capable of handling massive file sizes.
The SD card format
is one of the most widely used standards of flash storage, popular with digital
cameras, camcorders and other mobile devices. While camera
types, resolutions and settings vary - a 512GB card could potentially hold
around 30 hours of HD video.
