SanDisk has launched an SD card that offers around half a terabyte of storage space.
The 512GB Extreme Pro Memory Card is the highest capacity SD card on the market, according to SanDisk, and has some pretty startling performance specs to complement all of that storage space. It offers write speeds of up to 90MB/sec, and like all of the cards in the Extreme Pro range, it is temperature (-25C to 85C), water, shock and airport x-ray proof.
The card is obviously pitched at professionals, primarily those involved in the capture of 4K or Full HD video, who will need gigabytes of storage space on which to store their footage.
Naturally, it comes at a price that puts it out of the reach of most consumers anyway, with the 512GB version costing US$800. The range also includes cheaper 256GB and 128GB capacity cards.
SanDisk launched its first 512MB SD card back in 2003, which means storage has increased a thousand-fold in a little over a decade, in exactly the same form factor.
A trawl back through the archives reveals that 512MB card had a retail price of US$170, or US$0.33 per MB. The 512GB card, on the other hand, costs just US$0.0016 per MB, making that US$800 price tag look a lot more reasonable.
This article originally appeared at pcpro.co.uk
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