Lee Yuan Sheng
09-06-2010, 03:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/05/toshiba-fulfills-your-need-for-speed-with-uhs-i-sdhc-and-microsd/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/05/...hc-and-microsd/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Panasonic must be mighty annoyed right about now, because Toshiba's seemingly got it trumped -- when the first batch of lightning-quick UHS-I cards ship in November, Toshiba's chips will be faster and larger on day one."</em><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1283782168.usr15670.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>Toshiba is usually second to Panasonic when it comes to SD Card announcements, and so here is their announcement. The new cards are actually faster than what <a href="http://www.digitalhomethoughts.com/news/show/99967/here-we-go-again-panasonic-announces-stupid-expensive-sdhc-cards-on-sdhc-uhs-i-standard.html" target="_blank">Panasonic has announced</a>, with the full sized SD cards doing 95MB/s read versus Panasonic's 60MB/s read. Writing speed is not shabby at a stated 80MB/s, though we have yet to see how it will be in actual use. There are also microSD versions doing 40MB/s read and 20 MB/s write. Again, remember that the device also has to be UHS-I, else the cards will not perform at their full perfomance.</p>