SecuredDigital Card (SD Card)

With booming demand for personal electronics gadgets, demand for flash memory card is also growing exponentially. Companies are releasing newer versions of memory cards every alternate day with increased application features and storage capacity. The SecuredDigital Card (SD Card) is probably the most popular of memory cards available in the market. It was developed in the year 1999 by Panasonic, Scandisk and Toshiba based on older MMC format and it uses NAND flash technology. Like MMC cards, SD Cards also use the 32x24mm form factor and is in solid for and can withstand extreme temperature and a fall from about 10 feet high. The tiny card offers some powerful features. SD cards support host of applications and can link very easily to any digital device that requires a flash memory card through its easy connectivity. It also has greater transfer rate than other memory cards though it supports encryption and content protection.

Main features of SD Card

Large Capacity: Modern activities demand huge storage capacity. SD Cards have greater storage space or capacity than most other cards.

Ultra Fast Transfer Rate: When everybody is in a hurry time matters and SD memory cards have the best data transfer rate available in the market.

Compact Design and compatibility: SD cards have compact design and so are very easy to use. They are also compatible with most of the personal electronic gadgets like digital music player, digital camera, gaming console, PDAs. One just need a memory card reader and a connection port like Universal Serial Bus (USB) connect it to the device for use. Some SD Card readers have built in connection feature like USB. It also supports lots of software applications. One just need a decoder software in order to access the videos, songs, photos and other data stored in the card. SD Card can be found in miniature variations as well - the miniSD introduced in 2003 and the microSD introduced in 2005. Electrically, as well as software compatible, miniSD and microSD cards fit into a regular SD slot via an adapter.

Secured: Unlike MMC cards, SD cards have a locking system which allows a user to manually lock access to the card. It protects the data stored in it against any accident. The card also has a copyright protection policy whereby only licensed products can be written on it.