James Fee
09-28-2004, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=532&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0' target='_blank'>http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=532&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0</a><br /><br /></div>"<i>Olympus Corporation and Fuji Picture Film Corporation announced o*n the 27th that they have developed the first 1GB xD-Picture Card media. Both companies plan to release products in the Spring of 2005. The price has not yet been decided. Using a high-capacity technology called "MLC ( Multi Level Cell)" that stores multiple bits in a single memory cell, the small-sized card has a 1GB capacity. According to the companies, this development allows for a capacity of up to 8GB. The product name, for Olympus, will be "M-XD1GM." For Fujifilm, it will be "xD-Picture Card M1GB." The "M" in "M 1GB" represents the usage of MLC technology. Furthermore, Olympus has announced that compatibility with existing products "may require a firmware upgrade, or not be supported at all."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/xd1g.jpg" /><br /><br />For those of you who are not able to get the 4GB CF card Jason <a href="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/articles.php?action=expand,6575">posted about this morning</a> and are stuck using xD-Picture Cards, there is good news from Japan. With digital powerhouses Olympus and Fujifilm, the xD-Picture Card format looks like it is really taking off. *cough*