So the Taiwanese Industrial Technology Research Institute is rolling out a new type of flash memory card called “µcard” (“microcard,” one would assume), to be unveiled formally at the Taipei International Electronics Show in October. And while everyone is getting their panties in a bunch about the 2-terabyte capacity, it should be noted that other existing flash memory formats, specifically Sony’s Memory Stick Pro and Memory Stick Duo already support cards in sizes up to 2-terabyte. It all has to do with the addressing and just because someone can support that doesn’t mean they will.
What is interesting about the new format, though, is its bandwidth. With a projected speed of 120MB per second (compared to Memory Stick Pro’s 20MB per second, for instance) the new card format may not be any bigger than other standards, but it should be able to be written to a lot faster. Only time will tell if anybody will start incorporating the new µcard format into their gadgetry, however.
Read – Taiwan to produce a new type of memory storage device [DigiTimes]
