Thursday, May 17, 2007
Samsung fits 8GB into a MicroSD card
Posted by Nurhisham Hussein in "HARDWARE" @ 05:00 AM
"Wow, it seems like we were just marveling over the introduction of the world's first 8GB SD card a few moons back. Ah, that's right, we were. Alas, Samsung took it to heart that SD doesn't cut it for your average cellphone (they run a bumpin' mobile business, after all), announcing that it has managed to pack a full eight gigabytes into the microSD form factor for mid-2008 production."
How many angels can fit on the top of a pinhead? Knowing how small a MicroSD card is, I'm amazed at the speed of development in flash memory capacity when only a few years ago the upper limit was counted in MBs. The new Samsung card is slated for production in mid-2008, so you'll still have to wait awhile to get your hands on it. When it does come out, I'm betting that the price is going to do deep damage to your wallet's health - at least until volumes justify a price decrease. However, lower capacity cards are bound to continue falling in price, which will put multi-GB storage in reach for virtually everybody. Now, if only we can persuade device manufacturers to fully adopt SDHC.
How many angels can fit on the top of a pinhead? Knowing how small a MicroSD card is, I'm amazed at the speed of development in flash memory capacity when only a few years ago the upper limit was counted in MBs. The new Samsung card is slated for production in mid-2008, so you'll still have to wait awhile to get your hands on it. When it does come out, I'm betting that the price is going to do deep damage to your wallet's health - at least until volumes justify a price decrease. However, lower capacity cards are bound to continue falling in price, which will put multi-GB storage in reach for virtually everybody. Now, if only we can persuade device manufacturers to fully adopt SDHC.
