You might think that the image to your left shows a regular SD memory card and I wouldn't blame you for it but next time you see it make sure you act like Sherlock and spot the "XC" underneath the regular SD logo.What does the XC mean? Well in teh Queen's Marketing Speak the X stands for "extended" and the C stands for "capacity". The "extended" in this case translates as a theoretical maximum of 2TB of storage with an access speed of 300 MB/s. No, you didn't misread those figures, it says two Terrabytes and three hundred Megabytes per second.
Engadget says that the new tech "relies upon Microsoft's exFAT file system and stores more than 4,000 RAW images, 100 HD movies, or 60 hours of HD recording with a transfer rate of up to 300MBps. The first batch of retail cards will hit before March with read/write speeds up to 104MBps in unknown capacities, though certainly less than 2TB on day one."
Of course we can't expect these things to be cheap but damn, 2TB in your pocket!
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