The top two flash-memory card makers are letting Sony handle the market for the new high-end XQD format--at least for now. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors ...

The high-end but nascent memory card format gets a big boost from one of the major manufacturers of flash cards. Also: a fix is in for Lexar's USB 3.0 reader on new Macs. Stephen Shankland worked at ...

Is your DSLR camera suddenly strutting around with a goofy grin on its LCD face? If so, it must have heard about Sony's new high-speed XQD memory cards that support the recently adopted XQD ...

Back in 2010, Sandisk, Sony and Nikon announced a joint adventure that would create a new memory standard for HD camcorders and high-res DSLR cameras. This new standard would use the PCIe interface ...

We've been eagerly awaiting some of that next-gen XQD memory since it was announced right around a month ago, and now that we have something worthy to pop it in, we're doubly buzzed. Sony's the first ...

The CompactFlash Association announced on Wednesday that it has adopted a new specification and format to replace the venerable CompactFlash memory card. Tongue-twistingly dubbed "XQD," the PCI ...

Nikon announced the Nikon D4, its newest flagship professional DSLR, on January 5. The D4 will be the first to use the latest XQD memory card format, the successor to the venerable CompactFlash. On ...

Are you ready for yet another memory card format? Dubbed XQD, the medium was first announced by Sandisk, Sony and Nikon in November 2010. And after the the CompactFlash Association finalized the ...

PARK RIDGE, N.J., Jan 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Giving photo enthusiasts and professional photographers a new level of speed and performance, the new Sony XQD™ memory cards support the recently adopted ...

Sony has announced a new high-speed XQD memory card series. Aimed at sports photographers, the S series cards offer sustained read and write speeds of 168MB/s, considerably faster than the first ...

Sony has announced XQD memory cards that will be compatible with the Nikon D4. A 16GB card will cost $129.99 and a 32GB card will cost $229.99. Sony has announced XQD memory cards that will be ...