Toshiba Introduces The World’s Fastest MicroSD Memory Cards

Toshiba has introduced the fastest microSD memory cards in the world. The new cards are the first in the industry to comply with the UHS-II interface standard. UHS-II is the ultra high speed serial bus interface defined in the SD Memory Card Standard Ver. 4.20 that delivers data at 156MB/s by single lane access and 312MB/s by dual lane access.

Available in 32GB and 64GB capacities, these new Toshiba microSD memory cards enable UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) and allow high-quality 4K video capture at constant minimum write speeds of 30MB/s. This means that 4K2K video, live broadcast and content can be recorded on high-performance cameras.

The 64GB cards offer a maximum read speed of 260MB/s and a maximum write speed of 240MB/s while the 32GB cards have a maximum read speed of 145MB/s and maximum write speed of 130MB/s, which represents an 8x write speed improvement and 2.7x read speed improvement when compared to Toshiba’s current 32GB microSD UHS-I cards. These faster transfer speeds reduce the time required to download large data movie and music files to smartphones and tablets, and enable camera users to shoot high resolution digital still images in a continuous high speed shooting mode.

As of now, there’s no word on pricing and availability.

Source: Ubergizmo