Kingston has increased the capacity of its CompactFlash Elite Pro memory cards to 32GB.

Kingston Elite Pro memory cards line up now includes 4GB, 8GB, 16GB & 32GB CompactFlash Cards. The new 32GB cards offer larger capacity and fast data transfer rates to allow amateur and professional photographers to maximize the performance of their high-end digital cameras.

“The Kingston® 32GB CF Elite Pro card is designed to keep pace with and not limit the productivity of the most advanced digital camera equipment on the market,” said Wendy Lecot, Flash business development manager, Kingston Digital. “Combining the large storage capacity along with fast read and write speeds makes this card ideal for continuous capture and download of images.”

The Kingston 32GB CF Elite Pro card is available now for $99.95.

Kingston CompactFlash Elite Pro memory cards - Features:

• Capacities: 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB
• Dimensions: 1.43” x 1.68” x 0.13” (36.4mm x 42.8mm x 3.3mm) — CF Type I
• Speed: 25MB/sec. read, 20MB/sec. write
• Operating Temperature: 0o to 60o C / 32o to 140o F
• Storage Temperature: -20o to 85o C / -4o to 185o F
• Standardized: complies with CompactFlash Association specification standards
• Easy: plug and play
• Guaranteed: lifetime warranty
• Economical: autosleep mode preserves system battery life

About Kingston Digital, Inc.
Kingston Digital, Inc. (“KDI”) is the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products.

For more information visit kingston.com.

SD Association makes another step forward to a higher storage capacity of its removable memory with the announcement the next generation SD Memory Card, the SDXC (SD eXtended Capacity), a new standard for storing data more than 32 GB and up to 2 terabytes (TB). This is a next-generation memory card format read/write speeds of 300 megabytes per second. SDXC will provide maximum speeds even when it achieves its maximum storage capacity.

“SDXC is a large-capacity card that can store more than 4,000 RAW images, which is the uncompressed mode professionals use, and 17,000 of the fine-mode most consumers use.” said Shigeto Kanda, general manager at Canon.

This innovation dramatically improves consumers’ digital lifestyles by providing the portable storage and speed needed to store weeks of high-definition video, years of photo collections and months of music to mobile phones, cameras and camcorders, and other consumer electronic devices.

SDXC allows users to enjoy more from their mobile phones. Larger capacity and faster transfer speeds allow for expanded entertainment and data storage. A 2TB SDXC memory card can store 100 HD movies, 60 hours of HD recording. “With SDXC, consumers can quickly download higher quality content to their phones, including games, video and music – giving consumers a richer media and content experience,” said James Taylor, president of the SD Association.

SDXC is also the first memory card specification to provide 2TB storage without hindering the high-speed performance necessary for high-end photography. Improvements in interface speed allow further increases in continuous shooting speed and higher resolution movie recordings.

The SD Association is a global ecosystem of more than 1,100 technology companies charged with setting interoperable SD standards. Today, mobile phones, Blu-ray players, HDTVs, audio players, automotive multimedia systems, handheld PCs, cameras and camcorders feature SD interoperability. For more information about SDA, please the association’s web site.

Specifications for the new SDXC standard will be released in the first quarter of 2009.

Toshiba has launched a 16GB microSDHC card offering the largest capacity available in the market, say photographyblog.com.

At the same time, the company extended its range of industry-leading memory card solutions by adding ultra fast read/write 8GB and 16GB SDHC cards to its line-up. Mass production of the new SDHC cards will start in December, with production of the new microSDHC slated to start in January 2009.

All of the new SDHC memory cards comply with the SD memory standard Ver. 2.00, and the two new SDHC cards support class 6 ultra fast read/write speed—a maximum write speed of 20MB per second, delivering high performance for continuous shooting of still images and recording video images. The new cards meet strong market demands for cards combining high capacities with high speed data read and write. The new microSDHC can be used with an adapter that allows it to be used in SDHC slots.

Demand is growing fast for larger data storage in portable digital consumer products. Micro SDHC cards provide a solution for mobile phones, while SDHC memory cards support other digital consumer products.

The high-level specifications and wide range of memory cards announced by Toshiba will allow third-party developers to bring exciting applications to future generations of consumer products. Toshiba will continue to meet market demand by further expanding its SD memory card series.

Outline of New SD Memory Cards

1.microSDHC Memory Card 16GB - Jan, 2009
SD-C16G
2. SDHC Memory Card 16GB - Apr, 2009
SD-F16G
3. SDHC Memory Card 8GB - Dec, 2008
SD-F08G