Back when smartphones were still gaining popularity, there was still a time where memory cards had capacities in megabytes rather than gigabytes. In the modern market, this figure has broken past the terabyte mark as well, but it seems that Micron intends to push the boundary even further.
The company has just announced the world’s highest capacity microSD card, which features a whopping 1.5TB of storage. This is made possible through the brand’s new i400 microSD card that has a maximum storage capacity of up to 1.5TB, which is a massive amount of additional storage for electronic devices that support memory expansion via a microSD card slot.
Although, its still unfortunate that most modern smartphones do not support this technology, there are a number of other applications still. Micron managed to achieve record breaking capacity by using 176 layer 3D NAND technology, which is also the same tech that is used in SSDs. In other words, it basically means that memory cells are stacked on top of one another in a 3D pattern.
However, this also implies that the new memory card will likely have a rather premium price tag in the beginning, which is typically true for most new technologies that break records. But, this also means that the previous gen 1TB models will soon become more affordable as well.
RELATED:
- Micron 1 Beta DRAM Mass Production starts in Q4 2022, Here are the Details
- OmniVision unveils 40MP sensor with 1.0 micron pixels, and other notable features
- MWC 2022 scheduled to kick off despite rising Omicron cases
- Micron Technology to expand workforce, setup Center of Excellence in India
- Micron has yet to receive license to sell to Huawei, may lead to fall in sales
