Nextorage has launched a brand new line of CFexpress Sort A playing cards. However what makes these Sort A playing cards specials is that they conform to the most recent CFexpress 4.0 normal, that means they’re twice as quick as a typical Sort A card.
The brand new NX-A2SE collection consists of three card capacities: 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB. All are able to a blisteringly-fast 1900MB/s most learn pace, and an equally spectacular 1700MB/s peak write fee. This makes these new Sort A playing cards simply as fast as a number of the quickest first-gen CFexpress Sort B playing cards.
Regardless of their CFexpress 4.0 standing, NX-A2SE playing cards are nonetheless backward suitable with the CFexpress 2.0 normal, so that they’ll nonetheless work in any digital camera that helps Sort A playing cards, though switch speeds will naturally be restricted to 2.0 speeds (round 900MB/s learn).
Nextorage charges the minimal sustained write pace at 1500MB/s for the 1TB card, 850MB/s for the 512GB model, and 400MB/s for the 256GB capability. All three card capacities are additionally VPG200 licensed, so that they’re rated to maintain a minimal 200MB/s write fee throughout video recording, making them appropriate for recording excessive bit-rate 4K video.
Solely Japanese pricing has been revealed to this point, with the playing cards mentioned to value: 15,980 yen (256GB), 29,980 yen (512GB) and 59,800 yen (1TB). This equates to roughly US$103, $194 and $387, or £82, £153 and £305.
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Along with the brand new CFexpress playing cards, Nextorage has additionally introduced a suitable Sort A card reader: NX-SA1PRO. Guaranteeing the brand new NX-A2SE reader does not bottleneck CFexpress 4.0 Sort A playing cards, Nextorage has geared up it with a 40Gbps USB4 interface. That is theoretically able to speeds as much as 5000MB/s, although Nextorage charges the reader’s most pace at a extra conservative 1650MB/s.
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To stop the reader overheating throughout sustained excessive pace information transfers, it makes use of a big inner warmth sink which ought to reduce thermal throttling and corresponding slowdowns in switch speeds.
Like the brand new Nextorage Sort A playing cards, the NX-SA1PRO reader is at the moment a Japan-only launch, priced at 13,980 yen (approx. USD $90 / £71).
