Much faster: Panasonic announces class 10 SDHC cards

Serkan Toto

Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

Monday, June 15th, 2009

SDHC_SD

The evaluation of data transfer speed rates for SD/SDHC cards is determined by the so called “Speed Classes”, which were constituted by the SD Card Association (yes, there is an association for that). So far, the fastest SDHC cards reached speed class 6, meaning the producers guarantee data transfer rates of at least 6 MByte/s. But now Panasonic in Japan unveiled cards belonging to the speed class 10 category [JP].

SDHC_SD

In Japan, the company started selling cards with 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB as early as today. Prices vary widely, but the 32GB card, for example, costs a whopping $420 (it boasts a maximum speed of 22 MByte/s though).

blog comments powered by Disqus