Toshiba SD Cards at 240MB/s Write and 260MB/s Read Speed

Toshiba Corporation will launch a series of SD memory cards offering the fastest data write speed.

The latest editions to its line-up of EXCERIA memory cards are designed to offer users of high-end digital cameras an excellent experience.

The EXCERIA PRO and EXCERIA cards will be launched in major markets worldwide, starting with Japan in October and Europe in the fourth quarter of 2013.

EXCERIA cards compliant with UHS-II will be available in two series. The EXCERIA PRO series will offer photographers a data write speed of 240MB/s the world’s fastest [as of July 2013 ], while the EXCERIA series will write at 120MB/s. They will allow digital camera users to shoot still images continuously at high speed.

The cards are the first in the EXCERIA line-up to integrate a newly-developed controller compliant with UHS-II [UHS-II is the ultra high-speed serial bus interface in SD Memory Card Standard Ver4.XX that delivers data at 156MB/s by single lane access and 312MB/s by dual lane access.] the ultra high-speed serial bus interface defined in SD Memory Card Standard Ver. 4.10, and they achieve higher data transfer speeds than earlier UHS -I compliant cards [EXCERIA Type 1 SD-GU032G1 (32GB), read speed: 95MB/s, write speed: 90MB/s Outline of new SD memory cards.]

While digital cameras have made huge strides in image quality and versatility, users have long wanted to see improvements in data transfer rates and write times, so as to be able to takes bursts of photographs in quick succession. This demand has grown increasingly strong as high performance digital single-lens reflex cameras and mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras have gained popularity and moved into the mainstream. Further advances in higher resolution image recording (including 4K2K video), will also fuel demand for transfers of data-rich images at high speed.

Looking to the future, Toshiba will continue to meet market demands by enhancing its line-up of UHS-II compliant SD memory cards.

                UHS-II Compliant EXCERIA PRO Cards

                  UHS-II Compliant EXCERIA Cards

Key Features (All EXCERIA series)

• Compliant with the SD Memory Card Standard Ver.4.10 HD312, which defines 312MB/s as the fastest data transfer speed under the SD Memory Card Standard Ver.4.10 UHS-II.
• SDHC memory cards (32GB, 16GB) are interoperable with SDHC host devices compliant with SD Memory Card Standard Ver.2.0.
• Integrates secure CPRM copy protection technology.
• The minimum recording speed is UHS Speed Class 1.

                               
Specifications

              
UHS-II Compliant EXCERIA PRO Cards

                   
UHS-II Compliant EXCERIA Cards

*SDHC memory cards (32GB, 16GB) can be used only in SDXC
 or SDHC compliant devices integrating FAT32 file format.
*SDXC memory cards (64GB) can be used only in SDXC
 compliant devices integrating exFAT file format.