Sony SanDisk Flash Memory Cards
February 3, 2009 | Component, Electronics, Gadgets, Portable Storage, Sony | Comments OffIn addition, SanDisk and Sony today announced the joint development of “Memory Stick Micro HG” format expanded “Memory Stick Micro (M2). The new format adopted improved 8 bit parallel interface and features an interface increased clock speed of 60 mega hertz (MHz), enabling 60 Mbps (480 Mbps theoretical value) the speed of data transfer. This is three times faster than Classical Series 4-bit parallel interface and 40MHz clock frequency interface adopted in the “Memory Stick Micro”, offering speeds of data transfer of “Memory Stick PRO-HG” on a micro-sized memory card, Since September 1998 the marketing of the “Memory Stick,” the cumulative shipments of media is estimated to exceed 500 million units in 2009. SanDisk and Sony will continue to work on improving the use of the Memory Stick to respond to market needs for larger and faster memory cards.
“SanDisk and Sony have a long history of collaboration in product development and technologies that enhance the user experience and provide direct benefits to consumers,” said Yoram Cedar, Executive Vice President, OEM and engineering firms, SanDisk. “Both companies have experienced great success with the Memory Stick PRO format in the past and we are convinced that the expansion of these formats to improve the capacity and performance will be very powerful. This technology provides a framework for us to develop products that significantly impact the electronics and mobile markets”.
Hidenosuke Kanai, Chairman of the Electronic Devices Business Group of Sony Corporation said “Sony has successfully collaborated with SanDisk Corporation in developing and promoting the Memory Stick formats such as” Memory Stick PRO “format in 2003 , the “Memory Stick Micro” format for mobile products in 2005 and “Memory Stick PRO-HG” format in 2006. Today, we are pleased to announce the final result of the joint development in the “Memory stick “to offer a memory card format with high capacity. With the introduction of these new formats, Sony hopes that the” Memory Stick “will open new opportunities and expand its applications of flash memory cards”. [ via letsgodigital ]
