SanDisk and Sony announce SxS memory card specification

SanDisk and Sony announce SxS memory card specification

SanDisk and Sony announce their plans to develop the SxS (S-by-S) memory card specification, with high-speed transfer technology compliant to the ExpressCard industry standard. The SxS card measures 75x34x5mm, and has a maximum data transfer speed of 2.5 gigabits per sec. Sony will use the SxS memory card in its XDCAM EX camcorder. The new camcorder is based on MPEG-2 compression technology with three 0.5-inch imagers, and will feature two card slots to record approximately 120 minutes of content on two 16 GB cards...