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Sony, Nikon, and SanDisk submitted to the CompactFlash Association a new standard for CF cards that hold up 2 terabytes. That's enough to hold eight hours of uncompressed HD video video (12-bit, 1920x1080) at 24 frames per second. They also specify that it read and write at up to 500 megabytes per second, which is enough to handle up to 168 frames per second of uncompressed HD.
The cards would be about the same size and shape but a little more rugged. They would use the PCIe interface. They also would use less power.
As you may know, this is just a spec for the connectors, basically. To reach that capacity and speed, the actual flash memory chips inside the card also have to be able to handle that capacity and speed. Sort of like how today the current CF card spec allows up to 128 GB and 167 MB/sec., but most cards do not actually meet those specs.
Also, don't ask me what happened to the CFast spec (which used a SATA interface instead of PCIe and went up to about 300 MB/sec.)
Still, with flash doubling in speed and capacity every year (about) and halving in price every year (about), you might expect such a card in about five years for $256, or about $32 an hour (2 TB = 8 hours, $256 / 8 = $32).
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9198599/SanDisk_Nikon_and_Sony_develop_2TB_CompactFlash_card_spec
The cards would be about the same size and shape but a little more rugged. They would use the PCIe interface. They also would use less power.
As you may know, this is just a spec for the connectors, basically. To reach that capacity and speed, the actual flash memory chips inside the card also have to be able to handle that capacity and speed. Sort of like how today the current CF card spec allows up to 128 GB and 167 MB/sec., but most cards do not actually meet those specs.
Also, don't ask me what happened to the CFast spec (which used a SATA interface instead of PCIe and went up to about 300 MB/sec.)
Still, with flash doubling in speed and capacity every year (about) and halving in price every year (about), you might expect such a card in about five years for $256, or about $32 an hour (2 TB = 8 hours, $256 / 8 = $32).
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9198599/SanDisk_Nikon_and_Sony_develop_2TB_CompactFlash_card_spec
