The new "UC" spec extends the maximum capacity of either a full-size or micro SD card from 2TB to 128TB. And the "Express" spec increases the peak transfer speed of a full-size card from 624MB per second to 985MB per second.
I wasn't even aware that SD cards went up to 2TB but to jump from that up to 128TB is absolutely ridiculous.
Last card I bought was a 200GB card for the switch, and that cost more than I wanted to pay for it. I can only imagine what a 128TB card, and much less even a 2TB card must cost. (Amazon doesn't even list 2TB cards... 512GB cards cost $300, 256GB right around $100)
Hopefully this means solid state prices drop hard and fast. Switch will reap the benefit as they can hopefully eventually fit the 2TB Final Fantasy XX on a cart w/ practically 0 (zero) load times, No more 3rd party excuses.
And this makes me want to hold out for a new phone even more, as I want to be able to slip an upto 2TB SD card in it. and hopefully with solid state data prices dropping like a rock, my next phone can come with 512GB already on the phone, and I almost never have to worry about my phone running out of space again.
Title: Re: Looks like Nintendo was RIGHT!!!! New SDcard standard jumps from 2TB up to 128TB
Post by: Adrock on June 28, 2018, 12:45:11 PM
I thought 128 TB was a typo. Jebus, think of all the porn files you could hold with that much storage. We truly are living in the future.
Title: Re: Looks like Nintendo was RIGHT!!!! New SDcard standard jumps from 2TB up to 128TB
Post by: Soren on June 28, 2018, 01:34:07 PM
Hopefully this means solid state prices drop hard and fast. Switch will reap the benefit as they can hopefully eventually fit the 2TB Final Fantasy XX on a cart w/ practically 0 (zero) load times, No more 3rd party excuses.
You're kidding, right?
Title: Re: Looks like Nintendo was RIGHT!!!! New SDcard standard jumps from 2TB up to 128TB
Post by: ThePerm on June 28, 2018, 07:04:55 PM
Wow.
Hope they can get prices down. if 10 years from now you 128TB cost $15.99 we might be fighting robots.
1GB a second is also crazy. Think of the voxel worlds.
Title: Re: Looks like Nintendo was RIGHT!!!! New SDcard standard jumps from 2TB up to 128TB
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 28, 2018, 11:09:23 PM
Hopefully this means solid state prices drop hard and fast. Switch will reap the benefit as they can hopefully eventually fit the 2TB Final Fantasy XX on a cart w/ practically 0 (zero) load times, No more 3rd party excuses.
You're kidding, right?
Of course.
Life 3rd parties always find a way
But we headed in the right direction. Death of the Disc Format was always the end goal, but a necessary side venture for progress.
Title: Re: Looks like Nintendo was RIGHT!!!! New SDcard standard jumps from 2TB up to 128TB
Post by: BranDonk Kong on June 29, 2018, 11:37:05 AM
Saw this yesterday...pretty f'ing crazy.
Title: Re: Looks like Nintendo was RIGHT!!!! New SDcard standard jumps from 2TB up to 128TB
Post by: nickmitch on June 30, 2018, 03:19:32 PM
****, that's pretty crazy.
Title: Re: Looks like Nintendo was RIGHT!!!! New SDcard standard jumps from 2TB up to 128TB
Post by: ShyGuy on July 01, 2018, 04:10:36 PM
If the price has came down enough this fall when we have cloud saves, I may try to jump from a 128gb to 256gb or better.
Title: Re: Looks like Nintendo was RIGHT!!!! New SDcard standard jumps from 2TB up to 128TB
Post by: NWR_insanolord on July 01, 2018, 08:19:48 PM
Saves are stored on the internal memory of the system, so upgrading cards has no effect on it. I had to redownload all my games, but once I did the saves were right there.
