Heads up to all you tech geeks out there: Samsung’s got a new microSD card on the way, and it’s sexy.

They’ve developed a 32GB card that boasts a class 10 speed rating, with read/write rates of 24 mbps/12 mbps. Now, those of you who aren’t technologically inclined are going to want an explanation of this one-preferably in plain English. I mean, from my tone, you’ve probably got an idea that this is something to be excited about…but at the same time, you’ve no idea just why you should be excited. I’ll put this into perspective for you.

First and foremost, the ‘class 10′ speed rating. Basically, that means that the new Samsung card is at the highest pinnacle as far as speed goes. It’s the highest speed category that can be assigned to a card. And now, you’re saying “yes, thank you. We get the idea. This thing is fast.” Ah, but how fast?

A basic SD card has got a read/write speed of 7.2/1.2 mbps, or megabytes per second. Pretty self explanatory, that. Most class 10 cards have a read/write speed of 10 mbps.  Now, consider the fact that these SD cards are probably more than twice to five times the size of this device. Yeah, this little guy’s powerful.

Anyway, long story short, this new card’s an awesome offering from Samsung. Press release is below.

SEOUL, South Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today announced production of its high-performance micro Secure Digital (microSD) cards with advanced data transfer speeds that support the performance requirements on fourth generation (4G) smartphones. The new 20-nanometer-class* microSD cards have a class 10 speed rating suitable for seamless data storage and transmission of full HD video, one of the features becoming highly popular among 4G smartphone users. “The industry demand for high-class-rated memory cards addresses the growing performance push for next generation mobile applications in more advanced smartphones including 4G models” “The industry demand for high-class-rated memory cards addresses the growing performance push for next generation mobile applications in more advanced smartphones including 4G models,” said Wanhoon Hong, executive vice president, memory sales & marketing, Samsung Electronics. “As the industry adopts microSD cards with a class 10 rating, the superior data transfer speeds are expected to improve the mobile user experience tremendously.” The new 32GB microSD cards can write at 12 megabytes per second (MB/s) and read at 24MB/s, providing users with more than double the maximum write speeds of a class 4 rated 32GB microSD card. The new 32GB memory card incorporates 32Gb 3-bit NAND flash memory chips and a proprietary 3-bit NAND controller to deliver the high performance. The new card follows the introduction of Samsung’s 30 nanometer (nm) class*, 32 gigabit (Gb) 3-bit-per-cell (3-bit) NAND-based 32 gigabyte (GB) microSD cards in February 2010. By applying the finer 20-nm-class process technology, the productivity of the chips is raised over 30 percent. As an industry pioneer, Samsung plans to continue to aggressively introduce new NAND-based mobile memory solutions for timely market adoption. Mass production of its 20nm-class 64Gb 3-bit NAND designed on advanced toggle NAND architecture is anticipated for early next year. For more information about Samsung Green memory, visit www.samsung.com/GreenMemory

 

via Engadget

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