03-14-2003, 12:00 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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SanDisk Introduces 1 Gigabyte And 512 Megabyte SD Cards
"SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced 1 gigabyte (GB) and 512 megabyte (MB) SD Cards, postage stamp-sized flash memory cards capable of storing large amounts of data, audio and video. The 1GB SD card quadruples the current capacity of SanDisk SD cards. With the 1GB SD card, consumers can store up to 30 hours of digitally compressed music, more than 320 minutes of MPEG-4 compressed video or more than 1000 high-resolution digital images....The 512MB and 1GB SanDisk SD cards use one gigabit NAND flash memory chips, based on patented multi-level cell (MLC) technology pioneered by SanDisk. MLC allows two bits of data to be stored in one memory cell, doubling memory capacity."
"SanDisk is currently shipping 16, 32, 64, 128, and 256MB SD cards. The 512MB and 1GB SanDisk SD cards have suggested retail prices of $169.99 and $329.99 respectively. The 512MB SD card is expected to be available in the second quarter while the 1GB SD card is expected to be available in the third quarter."
$329.99 US MSRP for a 1 gig SD card isn't bad at all! You can bet they'll be $299 in a flash (no pun intended), and that will drive the price of the 512 MB cards down as well. $169 for 512 MB SD...tasty!
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03-14-2003, 12:03 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 1,051
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I'm going to try very hard NOT to buy one of these :evil: . $329 for a 1G SD card is about $200 LESS than I expected the release price to be. I've got 3 Sandisk cards as it is and not a bit of trouble with any of them.
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03-14-2003, 12:18 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Is it too early to start a Christmas list? 
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03-14-2003, 12:18 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 168
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That's not too bad, finally SD hits the 1GB mark.
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03-14-2003, 12:25 AM
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Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by bdegroodt
Is it too early to start a Christmas list? |
Nope. And the 1GB hits in the 3rd quarter, just in time.
What's scary is that I no longer consider 1GB to be "a lot". Now I want a 2GB SD. More! More! More!
--janak
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03-14-2003, 12:26 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 145
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Can you say a 2gb Toshiba e740? 1 GB CF and SD! Now just to justify the price... .
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03-14-2003, 12:29 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2002
Posts: 176
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Wow.
Last July when I bought a 128mb sd I thought that was soooo much space. I could have a max of 5gb of space by the end of the year with only the CF expansion.(1gb sd and 4gb microdrive)
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03-14-2003, 12:30 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 437
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Originally Posted by Sandisk Press Release
The 512MB and 1GB SanDisk SD cards use one gigabit NAND flash memory chips, based on patented multi-level cell (MLC) technology pioneered by SanDisk. MLC allows two bits of data to be stored in one memory cell, doubling memory capacity
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NAND Flash as always been a bad phrase for the PPC crowd, let's hope Sandisk doesn't add to the legend. Anyway, the NAND Flash is probably the reason they're so cheap.
If current SD Cards don't use NAND Flash, I don't think the price will go down too drastically for them.
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03-14-2003, 12:33 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 204
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damn i just bought a Lexar 512Mb SD for $280
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03-14-2003, 12:33 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 383
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I've got a 256mb SD card and every time I hold it in my hand, it's size and weight never seize to amaze me. 1gb on a similar chip sounds just unbelievable.
In the year 2003 1 gram of plastic equals to over 700 floppy disks, media that I used just few years ago. Phew .. If this isn't sci-fi, then what is?
/jizmo
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