16gb SDHC's are coming

mjjason

mjjason

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I believe this is the same SDHC internal memory Panasonic uses for its P2 cards (4 SDHC devices in a raid structure). Looks like many suppliers are starting to sell the 16gb size. So we should expect to see the 64gb P2 card within a few months. (Note, I believe Panasonic is their own supplier of SDHC cards. I don't see any press release from them yet but they shouldn't be to far behind).

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211245&CMP=AFC-C8Junction
 
Is this the exact type of format needed for P2 processing? It just looks like a regular Scan disk..hence the SDHC. I dont see this being the same as the P2 card..given the size, shape and price of it.

However, I could be wrong. If this does in fact work as a P2 alternative...the $109.99 price tag could make Panasonic P2's obsolete.
 
Domis Entertainment said:
Is this the exact type of format needed for P2 processing? It just looks like a regular Scan disk..hence the SDHC. I dont see this being the same as the P2 card..given the size, shape and price of it.

However, I could be wrong. If this does in fact work as a P2 alternative...the $109.99 price tag could make Panasonic P2's obsolete.
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Panasonic uses an array of 4 high quality SD cards in each P2 card. They have some very tight specs, so at least initially, they were skimming only the best SD cards from manufacturing. Each card also has a proprietary chip that manges the data flow and is packed into a bombproof enclosure. So when you see good quality SD cards with X GB's on the market, you can expect P2 cards with a capacity of X*4 GB.
 
First, we've already been told that 64GB cards could be here about the middle of next year, so maybe six months away.

Second, Panasonic is moving away from the raided-SD card model and moving towards using just the core guts of the memory instead. The flash market has changed quite a bit in the last year, and the early P2 cards were based on the idea of using the high-quantity SD cards (high customer demand = lower prices). But now there's new products using the bare memory in massive quantities (iPod Nano, SSD drives, etc) that has made the bare memory cost competitive so they're transitioning to that. I think the 32GB card doesn't use SD cards anymore, it uses bare memory.

Two things this does for us, the way I see it:
1) bigger cards can come out sooner, because they're not restrained by the timetable for releasing finished SD/SDHC cards

2) speeds can potentially go up because they don't have to stick to just four full-sized chips. They might be able to RAID together six or eight of the bare memory components, and gain a nice speed boost because of that. At least, that's what I'd do if I were them. Offloading a 128GB card could be done in an hour using the individual-SD idea, but maybe half an hour using the bare memory, and as card sizes increase I think offload times will become a factor so faster card offloads would be better for all of us.
 
When we had our P2 HD Clinic, we were told by one of the Panasonic guys that all cards with "R Series" on the card have this new manufacturing procedure.

They said it is more cost effective and more rugged.

Best regards,

Andrew Hoffman
 
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