Memory specialist SanDisk has created an SD card with 512 gigabytes (512GB) of storage space – the highest capacity ever released.<\/p>\n
The card, which is the size of a postage stamp, will go on sale for $800 (\u00a3490).<\/p>\n
The launch comes a decade after the firm released a 512-megabyte (MB) SD card with one-thousandth of the space.<\/p>\n
Experts believe SD cards could eventually hold up to 2 terabytes (TB) of data, about 2,000GB.<\/p>\n
The new card is aimed at film-makers shooting in the high-quality 4K format.<\/p>\n
The 4K format – which is four times the resolution of HD – requires large file storage. Depending on compression, a single minute of 4K shooting will typically take around 5GB of storage space.<\/p>\n
“4K Ultra HD is an example of a technology that is pushing us to develop new storage solutions capable of handling massive file sizes,” said Dinesh Bahal, vice-president of product marketing at SanDisk.<\/p>\n
The SD card format is one of the most widely used standards of flash storage, popular with digital cameras, camcorders and other mobile devices.<\/p>\n
While camera types, resolutions and settings vary – a 512GB card could potentially hold around 30 hours of HD video.<\/p>\n
Cloud worries<\/p>\n
John Delaney, a senior mobile analyst from IDC, said innovation in physical storage was critical to the future of our devices – even if a lot of people are turning to cloud storage instead.<\/p>\n
“The thing that is driving cloud storage is multiple devices usage – which solves the, ‘Where’s my stuff?’ problem: if you use cloud storage for everything, whatever device you have with you can be used to access your content.”<\/p>\n
But he added: “So far there’s still a strong preference for local storage.<\/p>\n
“People just feel more in control and more able to rely on being able to access the content when they literally know where it is.<\/p>\n
“Storing in the cloud means you literally don’t know where it is.”<\/p>\n
Mr Delaney added that recent high-profile security issues around cloud storage – such as the celebrity picture leak last week – would play on the minds of consumers.<\/p>\n
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