Samsung’s upcoming microSD card will supply a dramatic pace enhance. The corporate’s 256GB SD Specific microSD — Samsung’s first SD Express card — can learn knowledge at as much as 800 MB/s, considerably sooner than the microSDs you can buy today. Nonetheless, we don’t but understand how a lot it’ll price, and the cardboard gained’t be obtainable till later this yr.
The 256GB SD Specific microSD can have (theoretical) sequential read speeds of up to 800 MB/s, which is over 2.5 occasions as quick because the learn speeds in UHS-II microSD playing cards and 1.4 occasions sooner than SATA SSDs. So, not less than in idea, Samsung’s new card must be noticeably sooner than the most affordable solid-state drives.
Samsung added warmth administration capabilities to assist hold temperatures in test. “To make sure steady efficiency and reliability for the small type issue, Dynamic Thermal Guard (DTG) know-how maintains the optimum temperature for the SD Specific microSD card, even throughout lengthy utilization classes,” the corporate wrote in a press launch asserting the brand new card.
Samsung (maybe unsurprisingly) is shoehorning the almighty “AI” buzzword into the cardboard’s zippier speeds. “With our two new microSD playing cards, Samsung has supplied efficient options to handle the rising calls for of cellular computing and on-device AI,” Samsung VP Hangu Sohn wrote.
The corporate’s Galaxy S24 series goes big on AI, however Samsung hasn’t included a microSD slot in its flagship telephones for the final 4 generations. (Nor has a lot of the remainder of the smartphone enjoying subject.) So, whereas future AI-powered units may benefit from the additional speeds, Samsung’s present batch of high-end telephones aren’t on that checklist. As well as, though SD Specific is backward suitable, not many units (but) help SD Specific, which requires an additional row of pins on the host gadget. In different phrases, the cardboard’s full potential gained’t be realized till we’ve got new gear to help it.
Though unrelated to the speedy SD Specific card, Samsung additionally unveiled a brand new 1TB microSD with UHS-1 speeds. “Samsung’s new 1TB microSD card stacks eight layers of the corporate’s eighth era 1-terabit (Tb) V-NAND inside a microSD type issue, realizing the high-capacity bundle that was once doable solely in SSDs,” the corporate wrote. The 1TB card contains safety in opposition to water, excessive temperatures, drops, X-rays and magnets.
Samsung’s zippy 256GB SD Specific microSD card will launch “later this yr,” whereas the 1TB UHS-1 microSD arrives within the third quarter of 2024. The corporate hasn’t mentioned how a lot both will price.
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