Advanced Memory Cards
Samsung Electronics announced on April 7 that it has just released a new lineup of memory cards with better performance and design to target the fast growing digital camera market, and will expand its memory card business this year.
Samsung’s memory card lineup features Standard, Plus, and Pro versions of all of its MicroSD cards used in smartphones and tablet PCs, and SD cards used in digital cameras and camcorders.
As a UHS-1 product, the 64 GB card realizes a speed of 90 MB/s Read and 80 MB/s Write (based on the Pro version), and thus it is ideal for continuous shooting of 20 or more megapixel photos. In addition, it is now possible to record full-HD videos for more than 10 hours (670 minutes) using the latest compact camera equipped with this memory card.
In particular, a “5-Proof Technology” was used in the new lineup to protect data from water, heat, impact, X-rays, and magnetism. As a result, Samsung’s new memory cards can endure 24 hours of being submerged in water, and survive the perils of airport X-ray machines. On top of that, they are resistant to magnetic fields greater than 15,000 gauss, and extreme temperature at -25 degrees to 85 degrees Celsius. The memory cards can also sustain impacts of a two-ton truck (MicroSD cards excluded).
The Korean tech giant is going to introduce new products in the global market starting this month.