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Author:  pcernie [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:00 am ]
Post subject:  The world's first 32GB microSD card
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SanDisk has released the world's first 32GB microSD card, delivering a huge boost to the storage capacity of devices such as smartphones.

The 32GB card is built using a 32nm production process - the same process used to deliver Intel's latest generation of processors. The 11 x 15 x 1mm card consists of eight 4GB memory chips stacked vertically on top of one another, in a quite extraordinary feat of miniaturisation.

The card itself weighs only 0.5g. Given that it's being sold at a suggested retail price of £145, that means it's worth roughly 12 times its weight in gold, according to the latest gold prices quoted by Wolfram Alpha.

SanDisk 32GB microSD card

The new card doubles the storage capacity of the microSD format, which previously topped out at 16GB. Samsung has also announced a 32GB microSD card based on 30nm technology, but it's yet to appear on the market.

The SanDisk card will go on sale immediately from the company's website, with SanDisk beginning to take orders from smartphone manufacturers now.


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Author:  LaptopAcidXperience [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 1:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The world's first 32GB microSD card
If it costs around £40 for 16GB how come it costs £145 for 32GB, I really want one of these so I can get all my music on my phone, but I wouldn't even pay the £40.
Author:  big_D [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 2:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The world's first 32GB microSD card
It costs so much, because it is a new implementation of the technology and has to pack in over twice the number of transistors into the same space as the previous model. That means a lot of R&D and a new manufacturing process. Prices will drop, as the process become more common and they can ramp up production.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The world's first 32GB microSD card
All new technology costs a fortune at first, then comes down rapidly in price. It is the same with SSD, they are getting cheaper all the time. Just buy into the technology when it comes down to a price that suits you. Some will buy earlier because the benefits are worth it for them and they may have a bigger budget.
Author:  LaptopAcidXperience [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The world's first 32GB microSD card
It was a rhetorical question, but I appreciate the answers anyway, it's just unusually in this crazy world of technology this would be a genuinely useful product for me. At least it will be when the price comes down, by which time I'll probably have had several new phones and still require whatever the equivalent new storage technology is.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: The world's first 32GB microSD card
Only buy it if and when it fits your needs and budget. If too expensive then get something else. I try and avoid paying crazy prices for things if I can help it.
Author:  LaptopAcidXperience [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:22 am ]
Post subject:  Re: The world's first 32GB microSD card
I heard that, I set a budget for stuff then stick to it, right now I'm struggling to get an external hard drive with esata and firewire 800 for less than £100, so I'm going to wait, hopefully the pound will strengthen in the next month or so.
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