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Sustained write disk performance is not advertised with most CFexpress Type B cards today and, in fact, it is not common whatsoever in the flash industry.  As much as it is not spoken of, consumer SSDs, SD cards, compact flash cards, and even the latest CFexpress cards, are marketed and sold according to their ‘peak’ read and write data transfer …

In case you missed it, there has been a storm in the camera industry as of late.  As much as I would like to say it’s the newest Canon EOS R5 camera I have in hand, it’s not.  It is the controversy surrounding this R5 video capabilities and the correlation of internal temperatures and a point where the camera will …

Great relationships can lead to great things.  In the past few months, there have been a few companies who have stated their intention to market the holy grail of portable storage; a 1TB microSDXC card.  So far though… nada.  Well…at least until earlier today when a totally unexpected package arrived via courier.  It was a small package…very small in fact.  …

A few weeks back we reported on one of our first high capacity MicroSD cards, the PNY Elite 512GB MicroSD.  We couldn’t say enough about the fact that we are now seeing high capacity storage in smaller devices such as smartphones, surveillance cameras, drones, along with so many other compact devices enjoying the opportunity to enjoy longer operating scenarios before …

I remember a time when people were amazed of the high capacity that a CF card could have.  It was all the rage for the media world.  Years past and we saw the popularity of SD cards, and eventually the need for microSD cards grew exponentially.  Yes… I realize I am dating myself here….just about as far back as the …

It was only a few weeks ago that ASRock announced their newest Ultra Quad M.2 Card, yet today we have it in hand and tested.  The ASRock Ultra Quad M.2 Card bears a striking resemblance to the HighPoint SSD7101 RAID Controller we tested a few months back… but there are some very distinct differences that we will point out in …

In storage tech, there exists a golden triangle that consists of performance, capacity and value; this is no different for camera storage.  In our last CompactFlash Card report, we awarded our Editor’s Choice to the Lexar Professional 1066x 128GB CF Card for its mind-boggling performance that blew away every storage card we have ever tested.  That card, as well, came …

Released earlier last year, the Samsung EVO Plus line of microSD cards has been quite a success. In light of this, Samsung has decided to continue the momentum and push boundaries by expanding the capacity availability. Today, Samsung has released the world’s largest microSD card, and in order to do so, they have integrated their latest 48-layer TLC V-NAND into it! At 256GB, it is …

The ability to upgrade storage in today’s smartphones seems to have become key once again. It is the dividing point between Samsung and Apple.  A Samsung S7 smart phone allows the user to add up to 200GB of storage space whereas the Apple iPhone 6S tops out at 128GB, that storage increasing the iPhone price by several hundred dollars. This …

Without a doubt, the most common downfall of SD cards is the lack of understanding the consumer has with respect to class levels.  Most buy cards for price only, not realizing how this might benefit them at times when they are really pushing their camera to its limits.  The demands of today’s newest cameras, and even today’s smartphones capable of …