SanDisk declares world’s-first 8TB SD and 4TB microSD playing cards

SanDisk has produced the first-ever 8 terabyte SD card, together with the world’s-first 4TB MicroSD card. SanDisk’s guardian firm, Western Digital, hasn’t launched a lot element in regards to the two playing cards in its press launch – solely that the 8TB SD providing can be a UHS-I card; so it will not be breaking any pace data. There is not any indication about pricing or availability.

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The cardboard will nonetheless obtain an SDUC designation. This can be a new SD class completely for playing cards over 2TB in capability. Sounds spectacular, however the actuality may very well be extra inconvenient. SDUC playing cards can solely be utilized in units that particularly help SDUC reminiscence playing cards, so you will not have the ability to stick an SDUC card into any previous digicam with an SD slot.

However that is assuming you can get your palms on an SDUC card within the first place. It is at present nearly unimaginable to seek out even 2TB SDXC playing cards, and it was solely in April this 12 months that SanDisk introduced it was engaged on 4TB SD playing cards, which it steered might hit cabinets a while in 2025. Contemplating this, an 8TB SD card may effectively be a number of years from being broadly out there.

Then there’s the problem of whether or not anybody truly wants such a excessive knowledge capability on a single SD card. SD is now not the format of selection for high-performance cameras, as CFexpress has now far surpassed it for learn and write pace. SanDisk’s 8TB SD card being UHS-I additional impedes its real-world utility, rendering it solely sensible for mid-range cameras topping out at excessive bit fee 1080p video, which itself would not demand a card as massive as 8 terabytes.