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SanDisk Launches Its Highest Capacity SD Card Yet

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This week during the International Broadcasting Convention, SanDisk revealed its largest SD card to date, the 512 GB SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I memory card. Built for professionals, this card promises not only a huge capacity for raw movies and photos, but write speeds up to 90 MB/s and transfer speeds up to 95 MB/s.

"Since SanDisk unveiled its first 512 MB SD card in 2003, capacity demands have increased exponentially and the new 512 GB SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I card represents a 1,000-fold capacity increase in just over a decade, yet maintains the same size footprint," the press release said.

According to a list of features, the card is resistant to shock, temperature, water and X-rays. Because the card is "temperature-proof," users can take photos in extreme climates ranging from -13 to 185 degrees Fahrenheit.

The feature list also shows that the new 512 GB card has a built-in Advanced Wear Leveling and Error Correction Code engine. The card even has UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) recording speed for stutter-free 4K Ultra HD video. A built-in write protect switch prevents users from accidentally deleting the card's contents.

The new 512 GB card provides a discount on RescuePRO Deluxe, which helps users bring back their accidentally deleted files on the 512 GB card. A lifetime limited warranty is also provided.

The SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-I SDHC/SDXC family includes 128 GB, 256 GB and 512 GB capacities. The new 512 GB card costs $799.99 and is available now.

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    dstarr3 , September 11, 2014 12:42 PM
    I have seen the future. And it is good.
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    tom10167 , September 11, 2014 12:43 PM
    Expensive, but still competitive with what Apple charges for storage.
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    Amdlova , September 11, 2014 12:48 PM
    Nice Speed and Storage...
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    redgarl , September 11, 2014 1:08 PM
    Hard to believe that this is more space than most SSDs.
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    matthelm , September 11, 2014 1:10 PM
    Now if they could make that much in a micoSD format ...... ;-)
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    Solandri , September 11, 2014 1:12 PM
    Quote:
    "the new 512 GB SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I card represents a 1,000-fold capacity increase in just over a decade, yet maintains the same size footprint,"

    2 decades ago, I had a full-height 512 MB 5.25" SCSI drive (the big one in this pic).
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive#mediaviewer/File:5.25_inch_MFM_hard_disk_drive.JPG

    Technological progress is great.
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    drapacioli , September 11, 2014 1:17 PM
    Give it a few years, the 512GB cards will be down below $100. :p 
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    mapesdhs , September 11, 2014 2:00 PM

    Ah yes, the future, yet it's in Fahrenheit. ;D Come on Kevin, match up with
    CPU/GPU reviews, etc., please describe in C (or mention both).

    Ian.

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    mapesdhs , September 11, 2014 2:02 PM

    Solandri,

    512MB? That's huge! ;)  I have a full-height SCSI as a doorstop which is 10MB. :D 

    Ian.

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    soldier44 , September 11, 2014 2:14 PM
    This is great and all but the hardware needs to support that storage...
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    husker , September 11, 2014 2:50 PM
    Quote:

    Ah yes, the future, yet it's in Fahrenheit. ;D Come on Kevin, match up with
    CPU/GPU reviews, etc., please describe in C (or mention both).

    The future will also be in Fahrenheit, or perhaps neither Fahrenheit nor Celsius, but instead. we'll all be talking degrees Kelvin (not to be confused with Kevin). Besides, exact temperatures are not the point in this case, as they often are in reviews. The point is that the card can withstand temps well beyond any normal conditions.
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    10tacle , September 11, 2014 4:48 PM
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    This is great and all but the hardware needs to support that storage...


    You stole my thunder. I was just about to post that. Hopefully camera makers will provide firmware updates to support larger capacity SD drives. I currently have two Sandisk 128GB SD cards for my HD camcorder. When on long vacations they fill up faster than most people would think at ~10 hours per 128GB of full 24p HD recording. And hopefully they'll have this capacity in MicroSD for phones and tablets in a couple of years.
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    mapesdhs , September 11, 2014 7:29 PM
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    ... we'll all be talking degrees Kelvin. ...


    I did actually consider writing Kelvin instead, since that's certainly more natural for me
    (long term cosmology hobbyist), but hey, feel free to go Kelvin if you want to confuse
    US readers even more, hehe... ;) 

    I jest of course, but I think articles should primarily be in common units where possible,
    and toms' CPU/GPU reviews do use degrees C for tests, etc.

    Ian.



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    ayushde , September 12, 2014 12:22 AM
    @10tacle
    As far as I know.... Anything that supports SDXC cards ( Current Gen 64 gig or above) will support theses 512 gig cards as well. So if your camcorder supports the 128 gig cards then most probably the 512 gig cards will not be a problem.
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    Christopher1 , September 12, 2014 5:56 AM
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    Give it a few years, the 512GB cards will be down below $100. :p 

    A few? I would say 2 years tops.
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    qlum , September 12, 2014 12:09 PM
    I'd probably just wait for cheaper 256gb micro sd's to upgrade the storage on my phone. 64gb still feels lacking at times and while 128gb does increase it I feel like 256gb is the increment worth upgrading to.
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    coolitic , September 12, 2014 2:33 PM
    Jaws have been dropped.
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    Draven35 , September 13, 2014 2:41 AM
    Would be great for those of us that just got BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Cameras :D 
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