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A memory card is an electronic data storage device used for storing digital information, typically using flash memory. These are commonly used in digital portable electronic devices. They allow adding memory to such devices using a card in a socket instead of protruding USB flash drives.[1]
Miniaturization is evident in memory card creation; over time, the physical card sizes have become smallerMemory card in a digital SLR camera
PC Cards (PCMCIA) were the first commercial memory card formats (type I cards) to come out, but are now mainly used in industrial applications and to connect I/O devices such as modems. In 1992, SanDisk introduced FlashDisk, a PCMCIA card and one of the first memory cards that did not require battery power to retain its contents.[7] Since 1994, a number of memory card formats smaller than the PC Card arrived. The first one was CompactFlash and later SmartMedia and Miniature Card. The desire for smaller cards for cell-phones, PDAs, and compact digital cameras drove a trend that left the previous generation of "compact" cards looking big. In 2001, SM alone captured 50% of the digital camera market and CF had captured the professional digital camera market. By 2005 however, SD/MMC had nearly taken over SmartMedia's spot, though not to the same level and with stiff competition coming from Memory Stick variants, as well as CompactFlash. In industrial and embedded fields, even the venerable PC card (PCMCIA) memory cards still manage to maintain a niche, while in mobile phones and PDAs, the memory card has become smaller.
Initially memory cards were expensive, costing US$3 per megabyte of capacity in 2001;[8] this led to the development of miniaturized rotating magnetic disk memory devices such as the Microdrive, PocketZip and Dataplay. All three concepts became obsolete once flash memory prices became lower and their capacities became higher by 2006.[7]
Since 2010, new products of Sony (previously only using Memory Stick) and Olympus (previously only using XD-Card) have been offered with an additional SD-Card slot.[9] Effectively the format war has turned in SD-Card's favor.[10][11][12]
Many older video game consoles used memory cards to hold saved game data. Cartridge-based systems primarily used battery-backed volatileRAM within each individual cartridge to hold saves for that game. Cartridges without this RAM may have used a password system, or wouldn't save progress at all. The Neo Geo AES, released in 1990 by SNK, was the first video game console able to use a memory card. AES memory cards were also compatible with Neo Geo MVSarcade cabinets, allowing players to migrate saves between home and arcade systems and vice versa.[15][16] Memory cards became commonplace when home consoles moved to read-only optical discs for storing the game program, beginning with systems such as the TurboGrafx-CD and Sega-CD.
Home consoles now commonly use hard disk drive storage for saved games and allow the use of generic USB flash drives or other card formats via a memory card reader to transport game saves and other game information, along with cloud storage saving, though most portable gaming systems still rely on custom memory cartridges to store program data, due to their low power consumption, smaller physical size and reduced mechanical complexity.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article March 2023 This article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia See Wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions March 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message A memory card is an electronic data storage device used for storing digital information typically using flash memory These are commonly used in digital portable electronic devices They allow adding memory to such devices using a card in a socket instead of protruding USB flash drives 1 Miniaturization is evident in memory card creation over time the physical card sizes have become smallerMemory card in a digital SLR camera Contents 1 History 2 Data table of selected memory card formats 3 Overview of all memory card types 3 1 Comparison 4 Video game consoles 5 See also 6 ReferencesHistory EditThe basis for memory card technology is flash memory 2 It was invented by Fujio Masuoka at Toshiba in 1980 3 4 and commercialized by Toshiba in 1987 5 6 PC Cards PCMCIA were the first commercial memory card formats type I cards to come out but are now mainly used in industrial applications and to connect I O devices such as modems In 1992 SanDisk introduced FlashDisk a PCMCIA card and one of the first memory cards that did not require battery power to retain its contents 7 Since 1994 a number of memory card formats smaller than the PC Card arrived The first one was CompactFlash and later SmartMedia and Miniature Card The desire for smaller cards for cell phones PDAs and compact digital cameras drove a trend that left the previous generation of compact cards looking big In 2001 SM alone captured 50 of the digital camera market and CF had captured the professional digital camera market By 2005 however SD MMC had nearly taken over SmartMedia s spot though not to the same level and with stiff competition coming from Memory Stick variants as well as CompactFlash In industrial and embedded fields even the venerable PC card PCMCIA memory cards still manage to maintain a niche while in mobile phones and PDAs the memory card has become smaller Initially memory cards were expensive costing US 3 per megabyte of capacity in 2001 8 this led to the development of miniaturized rotating magnetic disk memory devices such as the Microdrive PocketZip and Dataplay All three concepts became obsolete once flash memory prices became lower and their capacities became higher by 2006 7 Since 2010 new products of Sony previously only using Memory Stick and Olympus previously only using XD Card have been offered with an additional SD Card slot 9 Effectively the format war has turned in SD Card s favor 10 11 12 See also SD card MarketsData table of selected memory card formats EditThis section needs expansion with info on which of those are dead You can help by adding to it December 2021 Name Abbreviation Form factor mm DRMPC Card PCMCIA 85 6 54 3 3 NoCompactFlash I CF I 43 36 3 3 NoCompactFlash II CF II 43 36 5 5 NoCFexpress Type A CFA 20 28 2 8 UnknownCFexpress Type B CFX 38 5 29 8 3 8 UnknownCFexpress Type C 54 74 4 8 UnknownSmartMedia SM SMC 45 37 0 76 IDMemory Stick MS 50 0 21 5 2 8 MagicGateMemory Stick Duo MSD 31 0 20 0 1 6 MagicGateMemory Stick Pro Duo MSPD 31 0 20 0 1 6 MagicGateMemory Stick Pro HG Duo MSPDX 31 0 20 0 1 6 MagicGateMemory Stick Micro M2 M2 15 0 12 5 1 2 MagicGateMiniature Card 37 45 3 5 NoMultimedia Card MMC 32 24 1 5 NoReduced Size Multimedia Card RS MMC 16 24 1 5 NoMMCmicro Card MMCmicro 12 14 1 1 NoNintendo Switch NS 31 21 3 P2 card P2 85 6 54 3 3 NoPS Vita PSV SD card SD 32 24 2 1 CPRMSxS SxS 75 34 5 NoUniversal Flash Storage UFS UnknownmicroSD card microSD 15 11 0 7 CPRMxD Picture Card xD 20 25 1 7 NoIntelligent Stick iStick 24 18 2 8 NoSerial Flash Module SFM 45 15 Noµ card µcard 32 24 1 UnknownNT Card NT NT 44 24 2 5 NoXQD card XQD 38 5 29 8 3 8 UnknownNano Memory card NM Card 12 3 8 8 0 7 Unknown nbsp Secure Digital card SD nbsp MiniSD Card with an SD card adapter nbsp Memory Stick nbsp CompactFlash CF I nbsp MultiMediaCard MMC nbsp SmartMedia nbsp xD Picture Card nbsp NM card A proprietary memory card format created by Huawei Electronic contacts compared to nano sim card to the same scale Overview of all memory card types EditMain article Comparison of memory cards This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message PCMCIA ATA Type I Card PC Card ATA Type I PCMCIA Type II Type III cards CompactFlash Card Type I CompactFlash High Speed CompactFlash Type II CF CF2 0 CF3 0 Microdrive CFexpress MiniCard Miniature Card max 64 MB 64 MiB SmartMedia Card SSFDC max 128 MB 3 3 V 5 V xD Picture Card xD Picture Card Type M Memory Stick MagicGate Memory Stick max 128 MB Memory Stick Select MagicGate Memory Stick Select Select means 2x128 MB with A B switch SecureMMC Secure Digital SD Card Secure Digital High Speed Secure Digital Plus Xtra etc SD with USB connector miniSD card microSD card aka Transflash T Flash TF SDHC WiFi SD Cards SD Card With WiFi Card Built in Powered by Device Eye Fi WiFi SD Flash Air Nano Memory NM card MU Flash Mu Card Mu Card Alliance of OMIA C Flash SIM card Subscriber Identity Module Smart card ISO IEC 7810 ISO IEC 7816 card standards etc UFC USB FlashCard uses USB FISH Universal Transportable Memory Card Standard uses USB Intelligent Stick iStick a USB based flash memory card with MMS SxS S by S memory card a new memory card specification developed by Sandisk and Sony SxS complies to the ExpressCard industry standard 13 Nexflash Winbond Serial Flash Module SFM cards size range 1 MB 2 MB and 4 MB Comparison Edit Standard SD UFS Card CFast XQD CFexpressVersion 3 0 4 0 6 0 7 0 14 8 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 4 0Launched 2010 Q2 2011 Q1 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2020 Q1 2016 Q2 2008 Q3 2012 Q3 2011 Q4 2014 Q1 2017 Q2 2019 Q1 2023 Q3Bus UHS I UHS II UHS III PCIe 3 0 x1 PCIe 4 0 x2 UFS 2 0 UFS 3 0 SATA 300 SATA 600 PCIe 2 0 x1 PCIe 2 0 x2 PCIe 3 0 x2 PCIe 3 0 x1 x2 x4 PCIe 4 0 x1 x2 x4Speed full duplex 104 MB s 156 MB s 624 MB s 985 MB s 3938 MB s 600 MB s 1200 MB s 300 MB s 600 MB s 500 MB s 1000 MB s 1970 MB s up to 4GB s up to 8GB sVideo game consoles EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Many older video game consoles used memory cards to hold saved game data Cartridge based systems primarily used battery backed volatile RAM within each individual cartridge to hold saves for that game Cartridges without this RAM may have used a password system or wouldn t save progress at all The Neo Geo AES released in 1990 by SNK was the first video game console able to use a memory card AES memory cards were also compatible with Neo Geo MVS arcade cabinets allowing players to migrate saves between home and arcade systems and vice versa 15 16 Memory cards became commonplace when home consoles moved to read only optical discs for storing the game program beginning with systems such as the TurboGrafx CD and Sega CD Until the sixth generation of video game consoles memory cards were based on proprietary formats later systems have used established industry formats for memory cards such as FAT32 Home consoles now commonly use hard disk drive storage for saved games and allow the use of generic USB flash drives or other card formats via a memory card reader to transport game saves and other game information along with cloud storage saving though most portable gaming systems still rely on custom memory cartridges to store program data due to their low power consumption smaller physical size and reduced mechanical complexity nbsp Neo Geo 2KiB memory card nbsp PlayStation 128 KiB memory card nbsp PlayStation 2 8 MiB memory card nbsp GameCube 512 KiB memory card nbsp Xbox 360 memory cardSee also Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Memory card Comparison of memory cards Hot swapping Memory card readerReferences Edit Sahoo Reeta Sahoo Gagan Infomatic Practices New Saraswati House India Pvt Ltd ISBN 978 93 5199 433 6 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link Micheloni Rino Crippa Luca Marelli Alessia 2010 Inside NAND Flash Memories Springer Science amp Business Media p 2 ISBN 9789048194315 Fulford Benjamin 24 June 2002 Unsung hero Forbes Archived from the original on 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observers have suggested that this development signals an end to the format war SanDisk and Sony announce SxS memory card Digital Photography Review Dpreview com Retrieved 2013 01 07 Pinto Yosi SD PCIe NVMe card New Innovations in SD Cards Lead the Way to Mobile Everything PDF Flash Memory Summit The Official NEO GEO Memory Card FAQ by Billy Pitt NeoGeoProtos com Retrieved 2017 02 10 This Fall Everything Turns To Gold With Neo Geo The Player s Gold Card Keeps Them Coming Back For More RePlay Vol 16 no 2 November 1990 pp 26 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Memory card amp oldid 1175499855 Video game consoles, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
