News - Sony debuts new 168MB/s memory cards

[HEXUS]

New XQD cards offer "the industry's highest transfer rate".

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[edvinasm]

Are people gone mad? For these prices premium SSD with 2x storage space can be bought. 2x the speed 10x the price..

[sephy]

Are people gone mad? For these prices premium SSD with 2x storage space can be bought. 2x the speed 10x the price..

You do realise these are memory cards that you fit inside your digital camera.. not SSDs that go inside computers.

[manocheese]

My Canon 400D needs upgrading, this would be a great excuse if Canon start using these.

[kingpotnoodle]

Are people gone mad? For these prices premium SSD with 2x storage space can be bought. 2x the speed 10x the price..

How may cameras do you know that can supply 3.3V and 5V power up to several Watts to a hot-swappable 2.5" disk bay? Pretty much takes us out of the handheld territory even if some crazy loon was to build one.

XQD are memory card sized. (edit: large-ish - more comparable to CF)

[brasco]

How may cameras do you know that can supply 3.3V and 5V power up to several Watts to a hot-swappable 2.5" disk bay?

Indeed probably only one - RED One

[kingpotnoodle]

Indeed probably only one - RED One

That's quite a piece of kit! I don't think XQD are aimed at those beasts.