Memory Card

Miniaturization is evident in memory card creation; over time, the physical card sizes grow smaller.

A memory card or flash card is an electronic video game consoles. They are small, re-recordable, and able to retain data without power.

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tablet computers.

Since 2010 new products of Sony (previously only using Memory Stick) and Olympus (previously only using XD-Card) are offered with an additional SD-Card slot.[4]

[edit] Data table of selected memory card formats

Name Acronym Form factor DRM
PC Card PCMCIA 85.6 × 54 × 3.3 mm No
CompactFlash I CF-I 43 × 36 × 3.3 mm No
CompactFlash II CF-II 43 × 36 × 5.5 mm No
SmartMedia SM / SMC 45 × 37 × 0.76 mm No
Memory Stick MS 50.0 × 21.5 × 2.8 mm MagicGate
Memory Stick Duo MSD 50.0 × 21.5 × 2.8 mm MagicGate
Memory Stick PRO Duo MSPD 31.0 × 20.0 × 1.6 mm MagicGate
Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo MSPDX 31.0 × 20.0 × 1.6 mm MagicGate
Memory Stick Micro M2 M2 15.0 × 12.5 × 1.2 mm MagicGate
Miniature Card 37 × 45 × 3.5 mm No
Multimedia Card MMC 32 × 24 × 1.5 mm No
Reduced Size Multimedia Card RS-MMC 16 × 24 × 1.5 mm No
MMCmicro Card MMCmicro 12 × 14 × 1.1 mm No
P2 card P2 No
Secure Digital card SD 32 × 24 × 2.1 mm CPRM
SxS SxS No
Universal Flash Storage UFS Unknown
miniSD card miniSD 21.5 × 20 × 1.4 mm CPRM
microSD card microSD 15 × 11 × 0.7 mm CPRM
xD-Picture Card xD 20 × 25 × 1.7 mm No
Intelligent Stick iStick 24 × 18 × 2.8 mm No
Serial Flash Module SFM 45 × 15 mm No
µ card µcard 32 × 24 × 1 mm Unknown
NT Card NT NT+ 44 × 24 × 2.5 mm No
XQD card XQD 38.5 × 29.8 × 3.8 mm Unknown

[edit] Overview of all memory card types

  • PCMCIA ATA Type I Flash Memory Card (PC Card ATA Type I)
    • PCMCIA Type II, Type III cards
  • CompactFlash Card (Type I), CompactFlash High-Speed
  • CompactFlash Type II, CF+(CF2.0), CF3.0
    • Microdrive
  • MiniCard (Miniature Card) (max 64 MB (64 MiB))
  • SmartMedia Card (SSFDC) (max 128 MB) (3.3 V,5 V)
  • xD-Picture Card, xD-Picture Card Type M
  • Memory Stick, MagicGate Memory Stick (max 128 MB); Memory Stick Select, MagicGate Memory Stick Select (“Select” means: 2×128 MB with A/B switch)
  • SecureMMC
  • Secure Digital (SD Card), Secure Digital High-Speed, Secure Digital Plus/Xtra/etc (SD with USB connector)
  • MU-Flash (Mu-Card) (Mu-Card Alliance of OMIA)
  • C-Flash
  • SIM card (Subscriber Identity Module)
  • ISO/IEC 7816 card standards, etc.)
  • UFC (USB)
  • FISH Universal Transportable Memory Card Standard (uses USB)
  • Disk memory cards:
    • Clik! (PocketZip), (40 MB PocketZip)
    • LS240, 2-inch, 3.5-inch, etc.)
  • Intelligent Stick (iStick, a USB-based flash memory card with MMS)
  • SxS (S-by-S) memory card, a new memory card specification developed by [2]
  • Nexflash Winbond Serial Flash Module (SFM) cards, size range 1 mb, 2 mb and 4 mb.

[edit] Video game consoles

PlayStation memory card

Mega-CD.

Until the proprietary formats; later systems have used established industry hardware formats for memory cards.

Home consoles now commonly use hard disk drive storage for saved games, though most portable gaming systems still rely on custom memory cartridges to store program data, due to their low power consumption, smaller physical size and reduced mechanical complexity.

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[edit] References

Card Error References

  1. ^ http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10426683-269.html
  2. ^ “Format-Krieg entschieden: SD-Card setzt sich durch” (“format-war resolved: SD-card prevails”), Chip-online, 14. January 2010
  3. ^ “Camera trends come into focus for 2010”, msnbc, 13. January.2010 “As much as the storage-format war cleared up a bit with Sony announcing that it would support SD and SDHC cards …”
  4. ^ “FEATURE: Playing Your Cards Right at Retail”, Peter K. Burian, 4. June 2010. “Some industry observers have suggested that this development signals an end to the ‘format war,’ …”



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