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Secure Digital
SD (top), miniSD, microSD cards
Media type | Memory card |
Capacity | SDSC (SD): 1 MB to 2 GB, some 4 GB were made SDHC: >2 GB to 32 GB SDXC: >32 GB to 2 TB |
Developed by | SD Association |
Dimensions | Standard: 32.0×24.0×2.1 mm (1.260×0.945×0.083 in) Mini: 21.5×20.0×1.4 mm (0.846×0.787×0.055 in) Micro: 15.0×11.0×1.0 mm (0.591×0.433×0.039 in) |
Weight | Standard: ~2 g Mini: ~0.8 g Micro: ~0.25 g |
Usage | Portable devices, including digital cameras and handheld computers |
Extended from | MultiMediaCard (MMC) |
Secure Digital (SD) is a nonvolatile memory card used extensively in portable devices, such as mobile phones, digital cameras, GPS navigation devices, handheld consoles, and tablet computers. It is a family of solid-state storage media.
The Secure Digital standard was introduced in August 1999 as an improvement over MultiMediaCards (MMC). The Secure Digital standard is maintained by the SD Association (SDA). SD technologies have been implemented in more than 400 brands across dozens of product categories and more than 8,000 models.[1]
The Secure Digital format includes four card families available in three different form factors. The four families are the original Standard-Capacity (SDSC), the High-Capacity (SDHC), the eXtended-Capacity (SDXC), and the SDIO, which combines input/output functions with data storage.[2][3][4] The three form factors are the original size, the mini size, and the micro size. Electrically passive adapters allow a smaller card to fit and function in a device built for a larger card.
There are many combinations of form factors and device families, although as of 2013, the prevailing formats are full- or micro-size SDHC and full or micro SDXC.
The SDA uses several trademarked logos to enforce compliance with its specifications and assure users of compatibility.[5]
- 1 Overview
- 2 Speeds
- 3 Features
- 4 History
- 5 Markets
- 6 Technical details
- 7 Storage capacity and incompatibilities
- 8 Openness of specification
- 9 Comparison to other flash memory formats
- 10 See also
- 11 Notes
- 12 References
- 13 External links
The first-generation Secure Digital (SDSC or Secure Digital Standard Capacity) card was developed to improve on the MultiMediaCard (MMC) standard, which continued to evolve, but in a different direction. The SD cards changed the MMC design in several ways:
- Asymmetrical slots in the sides of the SD card prevent inserting it upside down, while an MMC goes in most of the way but makes no contact if inverted.
- Most SD cards are 2.1 mm (0.083 inches) thick, compared to 1.4 mm (0.055 inches) for MMCs. The SD specification defines a card called Thin SD with a thickness of 1.4 mm, but they are rare, as the SDA went on to define even smaller form factors.
- The card's electrical contacts are recessed beneath the surface of the card, protecting them from contact with a user's fingers.
- The SD specification envisioned capacities and transfer rates exceeding those of MMC, and these have both grown over time. For a comparison table, see below.
Full-sized SD cards do not fit in the slimmer MMC slots, and there are other issues that affect the ability to use one format in a host device designed for the other.
The Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) format, announced in January 2006 and defined in version 2.0 of the SD specification, supports cards with capacities up to 32 GB.[2] The SDHC trademark is licensed to ensure compatibility.[6]
SDHC cards are physically and electrically identical to standard-capacity SD cards (SDSC). The major compatibility issues between SDHC and SDSC cards are the redefinition of the Card-Specific Data (CSD) register in version 2.0 (see below), and the fact that SDHC cards are shipped preformatted with the FAT32 file system.
Version 2.0 also introduces a High-speed bus mode for both SDSC and SDHC cards, which doubles the original Standard Speed clock to produce 25 MB/s.[7]
SDHC host devices are required to accept older SD cards.[8] However, older host devices do not recognize SDHC or SDXC memory cards, although some devices can do so through a firmware upgrade.[9] Older Windows operating systems released before Windows 7 require patches or service packs to support access to SDHC cards.[10][11][12]
The Secure Digital eXtended Capacity (SDXC) format, announced in January 2009 and defined in version 3.01 of the SD specification, supports cards up to 2 TB (2048 GB), compared to a limit of 32 GB for SDHC cards in the SD 2.0 specification. SDXC adopts Microsoft's exFAT file system as a mandatory feature.
Version 3.0 also introduced the Ultra High Speed (UHS) bus for both SDHC and SDXC cards, with interface speeds from 50 MByte/s to 104 MByte/s for four-bit UHS-I bus.
Version 4.0, introduced in June 2011, allows speeds of 156 MByte/s to 312 MByte/s over the four-lane UHS-II bus, which requires an additional row of physical pins.
exFAT filesystem[edit]
SDXC cards are pre-formatted with Microsoft's proprietary and patented exFAT file system. Microsoft does not publish the specifications of exFAT and its use requires purchase of a license, so many alternative or older operating systems do not support exFAT, even if they support the SDXC card reader hardware. This means that SDXC cards using exFAT are not a universal exchange medium to all SDXC host devices.
Windows XP (SP2 and later) and Apple (Mac OS X 10.6.5 and later) both support exFAT and SDXC.[13][14][15] However, for legal reasons, BSD and Linux systems do not support exFAT out of the box. Users who have obtained an exFAT license from Microsoft can use third-party open-source implementations of exFAT as a FUSE module.[16]
SDXC cards can be reformatted to use alternative file systems. For example, FAT32 supports volumes up to the SDXC's maximum theoretical capacity of 2 TB as well, and technically it can be used in a SDXC host device that can handle volumes larger than 32 GB, if the device can support the card's file system.
However, in order to be fully compliant with the SDXC card specification many SDXC-capable host devices are firmware-programmed to expect exFAT on cards larger than 32 GB, and consequently may not accept SDXC cards reformatted as FAT32, even if the device supports FAT32 on smaller cards (for SDHC compatibility). Therefore, even if a file system is supported in general, it is not always possible to use alternative file systems on SDXC cards at all depending on how strictly the SDXC card specification has been implemented in the device, and it bears a risk of accidental loss of data, as a host device may treat a card with an unrecognized file system as blank or damaged and reformat the card.
The SD Association provides a formatting utility for Windows and Mac OS X that checks and formats SD, SDHC, and SDXC cards.[17]
Ultra High Speed (UHS) bus[edit]
The Ultra High Speed (UHS) bus is available on some SDHC and SDXC cards.[18][19][20] The following ultra-high speeds are specified:
- Specified in SD version 3.01,[21] supports a clock frequency of 100 MHz (a quadrupling of the original "Default Speed"), which in four-bit transfer mode could transfer 50 MB/s (SDR50). UHS-I cards declared as UHS104 (SDR104) also support a clock frequency of 208 MHz, which could transfer 104 MB/s. Double data rate operation at 50 MHz (DDR50) is also specified in Version 3.01, and is mandatory for microSDHC and microSDXC cards labeled as UHS-I. In this mode, four bits are transferred when the clock signal rises and another four bits when it falls, transferring an entire byte on each full clock cycle.
- Specified in version 4.0, further raises the data transfer rate to a theoretical maximum of 156 MB/s (half duplex) or 312 MB/s (full duplex) using additional row of pins[22][23] (a total of 17 pins for full-size and 16 pins for micro-size cards).[18]
Cards that comply with UHS show Roman numerals 'I' or 'II' next to the SD card logo,[24][not in citation given] and report this capability to the host device. Use of UHS-I requires that the host device command the card to drop from 3.3-volt to 1.8-volt operation and select the four-bit transfer mode, while UHS-II requires 0.4-volt operation.
A SDIO (Secure Digital Input Output) card is an extension of the SD specification to cover I/O functions. SDIO cards are only fully functional in host devices designed to support their input-output functions (typically PDAs like the Palm Treo, but occasionally laptops or mobile phones). These devices can use the SD slot to support GPS receivers, modems, barcode readers, FM radio tuners, TV tuners, RFID readers, digital cameras, and interfaces to Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and IrDA. Many other SDIO devices have been proposed, but it is now more common for I/O devices to connect using the USB interface.
SDIO cards support most of the memory commands of SD cards. SDIO cards can be structured as eight logical cards, although currently, the typical way that an SDIO card uses this capability is to structure itself as one I/O card and one memory card.
The SDIO and SD interfaces are mechanically and electrically identical. Host devices built for SDIO cards generally accept SD memory cards without I/O functions. However, the reverse is not true, because host devices need suitable drivers and applications to support the card's I/O functions. For example, an HP SDIO camera usually does not work with PDAs that do not list it as an accessory. Inserting an SDIO card into any SD slot causes no physical damage nor disruption to the host device, but users may be frustrated that the SDIO card does not function fully when inserted into a seemingly compatible slot. (USB and Bluetooth devices exhibit comparable compatibility issues, although to a lesser extent thanks to standardized USB device classes and Bluetooth profiles.)
Host devices that comply with newer versions of the specification provide backward compatibility and accept older SD cards.[8] For example, SDXC host devices accept all previous families of SD memory cards, and SDHC host devices also accept standard SD cards.
Older host devices generally do not support newer card formats, and even when they might support the bus interface used by the card,[3] there are several factors that arise:
- A newer card may offer greater capacity than the host device can handle (over 4 GB for SDHC, over 32 GB for SDXC).
- A newer card may use a file system the host device cannot navigate (FAT32 for SDHC, exFAT for SDXC)
- Use of an SDIO card requires the host device be designed for the input/output functions the card provides.
- The hardware interface of the card was changed starting with the version 2.0 (new high-speed bus clocks, redefinition of storage capacity bits) and SDHC family (Ultra-high speed (UHS) bus)
- UHS-II has physically more pins but is backwards compatible to UHS-I and non-UHS for both slot and card.[18]
- Some vendors produced SDSC cards above 1 GB before the SDA had standardized a method of doing so.
SDSC card | SDHC card | SDHC UHS-I card | SDHC UHS-II card | SDXC card | SDXC UHS-I card | SDXC UHS-II card | SDIO card | |
SDSC slot | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
SDHC slot | Yes | Yes | Yes[nb 1] | Yes[nb 1] | No | No | No | No |
SDHC UHS-I slot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[nb 2] | No | No | No | No |
SDHC UHS-II slot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
SDXC slot | Yes | Yes | Yes[nb 1] | Yes[nb 1] | Yes | Yes[nb 1] | Yes[nb 1] | No |
SDXC UHS-I slot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[nb 2] | Yes | Yes | Yes[nb 2] | No |
SDXC UHS-II slot | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
SDIO slot | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies | Varies | Yes |
SD card speed is customarily rated by its sequential read or write speed. The sequential performance aspect is the most relevant for storing and retrieving large files (relative to block sizes internal to the flash memory), such as images and multimedia. Small data (such as file names, sizes and timestamps) falls under the much lower speed limit of random access, which can be the limiting factor in some use cases.[25]
With early SD cards, the speed was specified as a "times" ("×") rating, which compared the average speed of reading data to that of the original CD-ROM drive. This was superseded by the Speed Class Rating, which guarantees a minimum rate at which data can be written to the card.
The newer families of SD card improve card speed by increasing the bus rate (the frequency of the clock signal that strobes information into and out of the card). Whatever the bus rate, the card can signal to the host that it is "busy" until a read or a write operation is complete. Compliance with a higher speed rating is a guarantee that the card limits its use of the "busy" indication.
Bus interface | Card logo | Bus logo | Bus speed | Spec version |
Default Speed | — | 12.5 MByte/s | 1.01 | |
High Speed | 25 MByte/s | 2.00 | ||
UHS-I | 12.5 MByte/s (SDR12) 25 MByte/s (SDR25) 50 MByte/s (SDR50, DDR50) 104 MByte/s (SDR104) |
3.01 | ||
UHS-II | 156 MByte/s (FD156) 312 MByte/s (HD312) |
4.00[26] |
Speed class rating[edit]
The SD Association defines standard speed classes indicating minimum performance to record video. Both read and write speeds must exceed the specified value. The specification defines these classes in terms of performance curves that translate into the following minimum read-write performance levels on an empty card and suitability for different applications:[21][27]
Class | Minimum performance | Application |
Class 2 | 2 MB/s | SD video recording |
Class 4 | 4 MB/s | High-definition video (HD) recording including Full HD (from 720p to 1080p/1080i) |
Class 6 | 6 MB/s | |
Class 10 | 10 MB/s | Full HD (1080p) video recording and consecutive recording of HD stills (high-speed data bus) |
UHS Speed Class 1 (U1) | 10 MB/s | Real-time broadcasts and large HD video files (UHS bus) |
UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) | 30 MB/s | 4K video files (UHS bus) |
Speed classes 2, 4, and 6 assert that the card supports the respective number of megabytes per second as a minimum sustained write speed for a card in a fragmented state. Class 10 asserts that the card supports 10 MB/s as a minimum non-fragmented sequential write speed and uses a High-speed bus mode.[21] The host device can read a card's speed class and warn the user if the card reports a speed class that falls below an application's minimum need.[21] By comparison, the older "×" rating measured maximum speed under ideal conditions, and was vague as to whether this was read speed or write speed.
UHS-I and UHS-II cards can use UHS Speed Class rating with two possible grades: class 1 for minimum read/write performance of at least 10 MB/s ('U1' symbol featuring number 1 inside 'U') and class 3 for minimum write performance of 30 MB/s ('U3' symbol featuring 3 inside 'U'), targeted at recording 4K video.[28] Before November 2013, the rating was branded UHS Speed Grade and contained grades 0 (no symbol) and 1 ('U1' symbol). Manufacturers can also display standard speed class symbol (a digit encircled with 'C') alongside UHS speed class.
UHS memory cards work best with UHS host devices. The combination lets the user record HD resolution videos with tapeless camcorders while performing other functions. It is also suitable for real-time broadcasts and capturing large HD videos.
"×" rating[edit]
Rating | Approx. (MB/s) |
Comparable Speed Class |
16× | 2.34 | (13×) |
32× | 4.69 | (27×) |
48× | 7.03 | (40×) |
100× | 14.6 | (67×) |
The "×" rating, made obsolete by speed classes, is a multiple of the standard CD-ROM drive speed of 150 KiB/s (approximately 1.23 Mbit/s). Basic cards transfer data at up to six times (6×) the CD-ROM speed; that is, 900 KiB/s or 7.37 Mbit/s. The 2.0 specification[clarification needed] defines speeds up to 200×, but is not as specific as Speed Classes are on how to measure speed. Manufacturers may report best-case speeds and may report the card's fastest read speed, which is typically faster than the write speed. Some vendors, including Transcend and Kingston report their cards' write speed.[29] When a card lists both a speed class and an "×" rating, the latter may be assumed a read speed only.
Real-world performance[edit]
In applications that require sustained write throughput, such as video recording, the device might not perform satisfactorily if the SD card's class rating falls below a particular speed. For example, a high-definition camcorder may require a card of not less than Class 6, suffering dropouts or corrupted video if a slower card is used. Digital cameras with slow cards may take a noticeable time after taking a photograph before being ready for the next, while the camera writes the first picture.
The speed class rating does not totally characterize card performance. Different cards of the same class may vary considerably while meeting class specifications. A card's speed depends on many factors, including:
- The frequency of soft errors that the card's controller must re-try
- Write amplification: The flash controller may need to overwrite more data than requested. This has to do with performing read-modify-write operations on write blocks, freeing up (the much larger) erase blocks, while moving data around to achieve wear leveling.
- File fragmentation: where there is not sufficient space for a file to be recorded in a contiguous region, it is split into non-contiguous fragments. This does not cause rotational or head-movement delays as with electromechanical hard drives, but may decrease speed; for instance, by requiring additional reads and computation to determine where on the card the file's next fragment is stored.
In addition, speed may vary markedly between writing a large amount of data to a single file (sequential access, as when a digital camera records large photographs or videos) and writing a large number of small files (a random-access use common in smartphones). One study found that, in this random-access use, some Class 2 cards achieved a write speed of 1.38 MB/s, while all cards tested of Class 6 or greater (and some of lower Classes; lower Class does not necessarily mean better small-file performance), including those from major manufacturers, were over 100 times slower.[30]
Card security[edit]
Cards can protect their contents from erasure or modification, prevent access by non-authorised users, and protect copyrighted content using digital rights management (DRM).
Commands to disable writes[edit]
The host device can command the SD card to become read-only (to reject subsequent commands to write information to it). There are both reversible and irreversible host commands that achieve this.
Write-protect notch[edit]
The user can designate most full-size SD cards as read-only by use of a sliding tab that covers a notch in the card. (The miniSD and microSD formats do not support a write protection notch.)
When looking at the SD card from the top, the right side (the side with the beveled corner) must be notched.
On the left side there may be a write-protection notch. If the notch is omitted, the card can be read and written. If the card is notched, it is read-only. If the card has a notch and a sliding tab which covers the notch, the user can slide the tab upward (toward the contacts) to declare the card read/write, or downward to declare it read-only. The diagram to the right shows a green sliding write-protect tab in both the unlocked and locked positions.
The presence of a notch, and the presence and position of a tab, have no effect on the SD card's operation. A host device that supports write protection should refuse to write to an SD card that is designated read-only in this way. Some host devices do not support write protection, which is an optional feature of the SD specification. Drivers and devices that do obey a read-only indication may give the user a way to override it.
Cards sold with content which must not be altered are permanently marked read-only by having a notch and no sliding tab.
Card password[edit]
A host device can lock an SD card using a password of up to 16 bytes, typically supplied by the user. A locked card interacts normally with the host device except that it rejects commands to read and write data. A locked card can be unlocked only by providing the same password. The host device can, after supplying the old password, specify a new password or disable locking. Without the password (typically, in the case that the user forgets the password), the host device can command the card to erase all the data on the card for future re-use (except card data under DRM), but there is no way to gain access to the existing data.
DRM copy-protection[edit]
All cards incorporate DRM copy-protection. Roughly 10% of the storage capacity of an SD card is a "Protected Area" not available to the user, but is used by the on-card processor to verify the identity of an application program that it then allows to read protected content. The card prohibits other accesses, such as users trying to make copies of protected files. (Reformatting an SD card may erase this Protected Area; see Risks of reformatting below.)
The DRM scheme embedded in the SD cards is the Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM or CPPM) specification of the 4C Entity, which features the Cryptomeria cipher (also termed C2). The specification is kept secret and is accessible only to licensees. The scheme has not been broken or cracked; however, this feature of SD cards is rarely used to protect content. DVD-Audio uses the same DRM scheme.
Windows Media files can be DRM-encoded so as to make use of the SD card's DRM abilities.[citation needed]
Windows Phone 7 devices use SD cards designed for access only by the phone manufacturer or mobile provider. An SD card inserted into the phone underneath the battery compartment becomes locked "to the phone with an automatically generated key" so that "the SD card cannot be read by another phone, device, or PC".[31] Symbian devices, however, are some of the few that can perform the necessary low-level format operations on locked SD cards. It is therefore possible to use a device such as the Nokia N8 to reformat the card for subsequent use in other devices.[32]
A Super Digital product formerly[33] made by Super Talent was essentially the SD card without the DRM features.
Vendor enhancements[edit]
Vendors have sought to differentiate their products in the market through various vendor-specific features:
- Integrated Wi-Fi — Several companies produce SD cards with built-in Wi-Fi transceivers supporting static security (WEP 40; 104; and 128, WPA-PSK, and WPA2-PSK). The card lets any digital camera with an SD slot transmit captured images over a wireless network, or store the images on the card's memory until it is in range of a wireless network. Examples include: Eye-Fi / SanDisk, Transcend Wi-Fi, Toshiba FlashAir, Trek Flucard, PQI Air Card and LZeal ez Share.[34] Some models geotag their pictures.
- Pre-loaded content — In 2006, SanDisk announced Gruvi, a microSD card with extra digital rights management (DRM) features, which they intended as a medium for publishing content. SanDisk again announced pre-loaded cards in 2008, under the slotMusic name, this time not using any of the DRM capabilities of the SD card.[35] In 2011, SanDisk offered various collections of 1000 songs on a single slotMusic card for about $40,[36] now restricted to compatible devices and without the ability to copy the files.
- Integrated USB connector — The SanDisk SD Plus product can be plugged directly into a USB port without needing a USB card reader.[37] Other companies introduced comparable products, such as the Duo SD product of OCZ Technology and the 3 Way (microSDHC, SDHC, and USB) product of A-DATA, which was available in 2008 only.
- Different colors — SanDisk has used various colors of plastic or adhesive label, including a "gaming" line in translucent plastic colors that indicated the card's capacity.
- Integrated display — In 2006, A-DATA announced a Super Info SD card with a digital display that provided a two-character label and showed the amount of unused memory on the card.[38]
In 1999, SanDisk, Matsushita, and Toshiba agreed to develop and market the Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card. The card was derived from the MultiMediaCard (MMC) and provided digital rights management (DRM) based on the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) standard and a high memory density for the time.
It was designed to compete with the Memory Stick, a DRM product that Sony had released the year before. Developers predicted[39] that DRM would induce wide use by music suppliers concerned about piracy.
The trademarked SD logo was originally developed for the Super Density Disc, which was the unsuccessful Toshiba entry in the DVD format war. For this reason the D within the logo resembles an optical disc.
At the 2000 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) trade show, the three companies announced the creation of the SD Association (SDA) to promote SD cards. The SD Association, headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States, comprises some 30 product manufacturers that make interoperable memory cards and devices. Early samples of the SD Card became available in the first quarter of 2000, with production quantities of 32 and 64 MB cards available 3 months later.
Mini- and micro-cards[edit]
The miniSD form was introduced at March 2003 CeBIT by SanDisk Corporation which announced and demonstrated it.[40] The SDA adopted the miniSD card in 2003 as a small form factor extension to the SD card standard. While the new cards were designed especially for mobile phones, they are usually packaged with a miniSD adapter that provides compatibility with a standard SD memory card slot.
The microSD removable miniaturized Secure Digital flash memory cards were originally named T-Flash or TF, abbreviations of TransFlash. TransFlash and microSD cards are functionally identical allowing either to operate in devices made for the other.[41] SanDisk had conceived microSD when its CTO and the CTO of Motorola concluded that current memory cards were too large for mobile phones. The card was originally called T-Flash, but just before product launch, T-Mobile sent a cease-and-desist order to SanDisk claiming that T-Mobile owned the trademark on T-(anything)[citation needed], and the name was changed to TransFlash. At CTIA Wireless 2005, the SDA announced the small microSD form factor along with SDHC secure digital high capacity formatting in excess of 2 GB with a minimum sustained read and write speed of 17.6 Mbit/s. SanDisk induced the SDA to administer the microSD standard. The SDA approved the final microSD specification on July 13, 2005. Initially, microSD cards were available in capacities of 32, 64, and 128 MB.
In September 2006, SanDisk announced the 4 GB miniSDHC.[42] Like the SD and SDHC, the miniSDHC card has the same form factor as the older miniSD card but the HC card requires HC support built into the host device. Devices that support miniSDHC work with miniSD and miniSDHC, but devices without specific support for miniSDHC work only with the older miniSD card.
SDIO, SDHC and SDXC[edit]
In April 2006, the SDA released a detailed specification for the non-security related parts of the SD memory card standard and for the Secure Digital Input Output (SDIO) cards and the standard SD host controller.
The SDHC format, announced in January 2006, brought improvements such as 32 GB storage capacity and mandatory support for FAT32 filesystems.
In January 2009 the SDA announced the SDXC family, which supports cards up to 2 TB and speeds up to 300 MB/s. It features mandatory support for the exFAT filesystem.
SDXC was announced at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009 (January 7–10, 2009). At the same show, SanDisk and Sony also announced a comparable Memory Stick XC variant with the same 2 TB maximum as SDXC,[43] and Panasonic announced plans to produce 64 GB SDXC cards.[44]
On March 6, 2009, Pretec introduced the first SDXC card,[45] a 32 GB card with a read/write speed of 400 Mbit/s. But only early in 2010 did compatible host devices come onto the market, including Sony's Handycam HDR-CX55V camcorder, Canon's EOS 550D (also known as Rebel T2i) Digital SLR camera,[46] a USB card reader from Panasonic, and an integrated SDXC card reader from JMicron.[47] The earliest laptops to integrate SDXC card readers relied on a USB 2.0 bus, which does not have the bandwidth to support SDXC at full speed.[48]
Also in early 2010, commercial SDXC cards appeared from Toshiba (64 GB),[49][50] Panasonic (64 GB and 48 GB),[51] and SanDisk (64 GB).[52] In early 2011, Centon Electronics, Inc. (64 GB and 128 GB) and Lexar (128 GB) began shipping SDXC cards rated at Speed Class 10.[53] Pretec offered cards from 8 GB to 128 GB rated at Speed Class 16.[54]
In September 2011, SanDisk released a 64 GB microSDXC card.[55] Kingmax released a comparable product in 2011.[56]
In late 2012, Lexar released the first 256 GB SDXC card, based on 20 nm NAND flash technology.[57]
In April 2012, Panasonic introduced MicroP2 card format for professional video applications. The cards are essentially full-size SDHC or SDXC UHS-II cards, rated at UHS Speed Class U1.[58][59] An adapter allows MicroP2 cards to work in current P2 card equipment.[60] Panasonic MicroP2 cards shipped in March 2013 and were the first UHS-II compliant products on market; initial offer includes a 32GB SDHC card and a 64GB SDXC card.[58][61]
In February 2014, SanDisk introduced the first 128 GB microSDXC card,[62] in September 2014, SanDisk introduced a 512 GB SDXC Card,[63] and in March 2015, SanDisk introduced the first 200 GB microSDXC card.[64]
Secure Digital cards are used in many consumer electronic devices, and have become a widespread means of storing several gigabytes of data in a small size. Devices in which the user may remove and replace cards often, such as digital cameras, camcorders, and video game consoles, tend to use full-sized cards. Devices in which small size is paramount, such as mobile phones, tend to use microSD cards. SD cards are not the most economical solution in devices that need only a small amount of non-volatile memory, such as station presets in small radios. They may also not present the best choice for applications that require higher storage capacities or speeds as provided by other flash card standards such as CompactFlash.
Many personal computers of all types and personal digital assistants (PDAs) use SD cards, either through built-in slots or through an active electronic adaptor. Adaptors exist for the PC card, ExpressBus, USB, FireWire, and the parallel printer port. Active adaptors also let SD cards be used in devices designed for other formats, such as CompactFlash. The FlashPath adaptor lets SD cards be used in a floppy disk drive.
Commonly found on the market are mislabeled or counterfeit Secure Digital cards that report a fake capacity or run slower than labeled.[65][66][67]
Digital cameras[edit]
SD/MMC cards replaced Toshiba's SmartMedia as the dominant memory card format used in digital cameras. In 2001, SmartMedia had achieved nearly 50% use, but by 2005 SD/MMC had achieved over 40% of the digital camera market and SmartMedia's share had plummeted by 2007.
At this time all the leading digital camera manufacturers used SD in their consumer product lines, including Canon, Casio, Fujifilm, Kodak, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Ricoh, Samsung, and Sony. Formerly, Olympus and Fujifilm used XD-Picture Cards (xD cards) exclusively, while Sony only used Memory Stick; by early 2010 all three supported SD.
Some prosumer and professional digital cameras continued to offer CompactFlash (CF), either on a second card slot or as the only storage, as CF supports much higher maximum capacities and faster transfer speeds and historically was cheaper for the same capacity.
Secure Digital memory cards can be used in Sony XDCAM EX camcorders with an adapter[68] and in Panasonic P2 card equipment with a MicroP2 adapter.
Personal computers[edit]
Although many personal computers accommodate SD cards as an auxiliary storage device through a built-in slot or a USB adaptor, SD cards cannot be used as the primary hard disk through the onboard ATA controller because none of the SD card variants support ATA signalling. This use requires a separate SD controller chip[69] or an SD-to-CompactFlash converter. However, on computers that support bootstrapping from a USB interface, an SD card in a USB adaptor can be the primary hard disk, provided it contains an operating system that supports USB access once the bootstrap is complete.
Since late 2009, newer Apple computers with installed SD card readers have been able to boot in Mac OS X from SD storage devices, when properly formatted to Mac OS Extended file format and the default partition table set to GUID.[70] (See Other file systems below.)
Problems with using an SD card as the primary hard disk include the speed of the card, and that intensive writes to the card reduce its rated lifespan.[citation needed]
Embedded systems[edit]
In 2008, the SDA specified Embedded SD, "leverag[ing] well-known SD standards" to enable non-removable SD-style devices on printed circuit boards.[71] SanDisk provides such memory components under the iNAND brand.[72]
Most modern microcontrollers have built-in SPI logic that can interface to an SD card operating in its SPI mode, providing non-volatile storage. Even if a microcontroller lacks the SPI feature, the feature can be emulated by bit banging. For example, a home-brew hack combines spare General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) pins of the processor of the Linksys WRT54G router with MMC support code from the Linux kernel.[73] This technique can achieve throughput of up to 1.6 Mbit/s.
Technical details[edit]
Physical size[edit]
The SD card specification defines three physical sizes. The SD and SDHC families are available in all three sizes, but the SDXC family is not available in the mini size, and the SDIO family is not available in the micro size. Smaller cards are usable in larger slots through use of a passive adapter.
Standard size[edit]
- 32.0×24.0×2.1 mm (1.260×0.945×0.083 in)
- 32.0×24.0×1.4 mm (1.260×0.945×0.055 in) (as thin as MMC) for Thin SD (rare)
Mini size[edit]
- miniSD, miniSDHC, miniSDIO
- 21.5×20.0×1.4 mm (0.846×0.787×0.055 in)
Micro size[edit]
The micro form factor is the smallest SD card format.[74]
- microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC
- 15.0×11.0×1.0 mm (0.591×0.433×0.039 in)
Transfer modes[edit]
Cards may support various combinations of the following bus types and transfer modes. The SPI bus mode and one-bit SD bus mode are mandatory for all SD families, as explained in the next section. Once the host device and the SD card negotiate a bus interface mode, the usage of the numbered pins is the same for all card sizes.
- SPI bus mode: Serial Peripheral Interface Bus is primarily used by embedded microcontrollers. This bus type supports only a 3.3-volt interface. This is the only bus type that does not require a host license.
- One-bit SD bus mode: Separate command and data channels and a proprietary transfer format.
- Four-bit SD bus mode: Uses extra pins plus some reassigned pins. UHS-I and UHS-II requires this bus type.
The physical interface comprises 9 pins, except that the miniSD card adds two unconnected pins in the center and the microSD card omits one of the two VSS (Ground) pins.[75]
MMC Pin |
SD Pin |
miniSD Pin |
microSD Pin |
Name | I/O | Logic | Description |
SPI Card Select [CS] (Negative logic) |
SPI Serial Data In [MOSI] |
Ground | |
Power |
SPI Serial Clock [SCLK] |
Ground |
SPI Serial Data Out [MISO] |
nIRQ |
Unused (memory cards) Interrupt (SDIO cards) (Negative logic) |
Unused | |
Reserved | |||
Reserved |
MMC Pin |
SD Pin |
miniSD Pin |
microSD Pin |
Name | I/O | Logic | Description |
Card Detection (by host), and Non-SPI Mode Detection (by card) |
Command, Response |
Ground | |
Power |
Serial clock |
Ground |
SD Serial Data 0 |
nIRQ |
Unused (memory cards) Interrupt (SDIO cards) (Negative Logic) |
Unused | |
Reserved | |||
Reserved |
MMC Pin |
SD Pin |
miniSD Pin |
microSD Pin |
Name | I/O | Logic | Description |
SD Serial Data 3 |
Command, Response |
Ground | |
Power |
Serial clock |
Ground |
SD Serial Data 0 |
nIRQ |
SD Serial Data 1 (memory cards) Interrupt Period (SDIO cards share pin via protocol) |
SD Serial Data 2 | |
Reserved | |||
Reserved |
- Direction is relative to card. I = Input, O = Output.
- PP = Push-Pull logic, OD = Open-Drain logic.
- S = Power Supply, NC = Not Connected (or logical high).
Command interface[edit]
SD cards and host devices initially communicate through a synchronous one-bit interface, where the host device provides a clock signal that strobes single bits in and out of the SD card. The host device thereby sends 48-bit commands and receives responses. The card can signal that a response will be delayed, but the host device can abort the dialogue.
Through issuing various commands, the host device can:
- Determine the type, memory capacity, and capabilities of the SD card
- Command the card to use a different voltage, different clock speed, or advanced electrical interface
- Prepare the card to receive a block to write to the flash memory, or read and reply with the contents of a specified block.
The command interface is an extension of the MultiMediaCard (MMC) interface. SD cards dropped support for some of the commands in the MMC protocol, but added commands related to copy protection. By using only commands supported by both standards until determining the type of card inserted, a host device can accommodate both SD and MMC cards.
Electrical interface[edit]
All SD card families initially use a 3.3 volt electrical interface. On command, SDHC and SDXC cards switch to 1.8 V operation.[21]
At initial power-up or card insertion, the host device selects either the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) bus or the one-bit SD bus by the voltage level present on Pin 1. Thereafter, the host device may issue a command to switch to the four-bit SD bus interface, if the SD card supports it. For various card types, support for the four-bit SD bus is either optional or mandatory.[21]
After determining that the SD card supports it, the host device can also command the SD card to switch to a higher transfer speed. Until determining the card's capabilities, the host device should not use a clock speed faster than 400 kHz. SD cards other than SDIO (see below) have a "Default Speed" clock rate of 25 MHz. The host device is not required to use the maximum clock speed that the card supports. It may operate at less than the maximum clock speed to conserve power.[21] Between commands, the host device can stop the clock entirely.
SDIO cards[edit]
The SDIO family comprises Low-Speed and Full-Speed cards. Both types of SDIO cards support SPI and one-bit SD bus types. Low-Speed SDIO cards are allowed to also support the four-bit SD bus; Full-Speed SDIO cards are required to support the four-bit SD bus. To use a SDIO card as a "combo card" (for both memory and I/O), the host device must first select four-bit SD bus operation. Two other unique features of Low-Speed SDIO are a maximum clock rate of 400 kHz for all communications, and the use of Pin 8 as "interrupt" to try to initiate dialogue with the host device.[76]
- Ganging cards together
The one-bit SD protocol was derived from the MMC protocol, which envisioned the ability to put up to three cards on a bus of common signal lines. The cards use open collector interfaces, where a card may pull a line to the low voltage level; the line is at the high voltage level (because of a pull-up resistor) if no card pulls it low. Though the cards shared clock and signal lines, each card had its own chip select line to sense that the host device had selected it.
The SD protocol envisioned the ability to gang 30 cards together without separate chip select lines. The host device would broadcast commands to all cards and identify the card to respond to the command using its unique serial number.
In practice, cards are rarely ganged together because open-collector operation has problems at high speeds and increases power consumption. Newer versions of the SD specification recommend separate lines to each card.
Achieving higher card speeds[edit]
The SD specification defines four-bit-wide transfers. (The MMC specification supports this and also defines an eight-bit-wide mode.) Transferring several bits on each clock pulse improves the card speed. Advanced SD families have also improved speed by offering faster clock frequencies and double data rate (explained here).
File system[edit]
Like other types of flash memory card, an SD card of any SD family is a block-addressable storage device, in which the host device can read or write fixed-size blocks by specifying their block number.
MBR and FAT[edit]
Most SD cards ship preformatted with one or more MBR partitions, where the first or only partition contains a file system. This lets them operate like the hard disk of a personal computer. Per the SD card specification, an SD card is formatted with MBR and the following file system:
- For SDSC cards:
- Capacity of less than 32,680 logical sectors (smaller than 16 MB): FAT12 with partition type 01h and BPB 3.0 or EBPB 4.1[77]
- Capacity of 32,680 to 65,535 logical sectors (between 16 MB and 32 MB): FAT16 with partition type 04h and BPB 3.0 or EBPB 4.1[77]
- Capacity of at least 65,536 logical sectors (larger than 32 MB): FAT16B with partition type 06h and EBPB 4.1[77]
- For SDHC cards:
- For SDXC cards: exFAT with partition type 07h
Most consumer products that take an SD card expect that it is partitioned and formatted in this way. Universal support for FAT12, FAT16, FAT16B, and FAT32 allows the use of SDSC and SDHC cards on most host computers with a compatible SD reader, to present the user with the familiar method of named files in a hierarchical directory tree.
On such SD cards, standard utility programs such as Mac OS X's "Disk Utility" or Windows' SCANDISK can be used to repair a corrupted filing system and sometimes recover deleted files. Defragmentation tools for FAT file systems may be used on such cards. The resulting consolidation of files may provide a marginal improvement in the time required to read or write the file,[78] but not an improvement comparable to defragmentation of hard drives, where storing a file in multiple fragments requires additional physical, and relatively slow, movement of a drive head. Moreover, defragmentation performs writes to the SD card that count against the card's rated lifespan. The write endurance of the physical memory is discussed in the article on flash memory; newer technology to increase the storage capacity of a card provides worse write endurance.
When reformatting an SD card with a capacity of at least 32 MB (65536 logical sectors or more), but not more than 2 GB, FAT16B with partition type 06h and EBPB 4.1[77] is recommended if the card is for a consumer device. (FAT16B is also an option for 4 GB cards, but it requires the use of 64 kiB clusters, which are not widely supported.) FAT16B does not support cards above 4 GB at all.
The SDXC specification mandates the use of Microsoft's proprietary exFAT file system,[79] which is supported only by some proprietary operating systems.
Other file systems[edit]
Because the host views the SD card as a block storage device, the card does not require MBR partitions or any specific file system. The card can be reformatted to use any file system the operating system supports. For example:
- Under Windows, SD cards can be formatted using NTFS and, on later versions, exFAT.
- Under Mac OS X, SD cards can be partitioned as GUID devices and formatted with the HFS Plus file system or still use exFAT.
- Under Unix-like operating systems such as Linux or FreeBSD, SD cards can be formatted using the UFS, Ext2, Ext3, Ext4, btrfs, HFS Plus, ReiserFS or F2FS file system.
Any recent version of the above can format SD cards using the UDF file system.
Additionally, as with live USB flash drives, an SD card can have an operating system installed on it. Computers that can boot from an SD card (either using a USB adapter or inserted into the computer's flash media reader) instead of the hard disk drive may thereby be able to recover from a corrupted hard disk drive.[citation needed] Such an SD card can be write-locked to preserve the system's integrity.
Risks of reformatting[edit]
Reformatting an SD card with a different file system, or even with the same one, may make the card slower, or shorten its lifespan. Some cards use wear leveling, in which frequently modified blocks are mapped to different portions of memory at different times, and some wear-leveling algorithms are designed for the access patterns typical of FAT12, FAT16 or FAT32.[80] In addition, the preformatted file system may use a cluster size that matches the erase region of the physical memory on the card; reformatting may change the cluster size and make writes less efficient.
SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards have a "Protected Area" on the card for the SD standard's security function; a standard formatter may erase it, causing problems if security is used. The SD Association provides freely-downloadable SD Formatter software to overcome these problems for Windows and Mac OS X.[81] The SD Formatter does not format the "Protected Area", and the Association recommends the use of appropriate application software or SD-compatible device that provides SD security function to format the "Protected Area" in the memory card.
Power consumption[edit]
The power consumption of SD cards varies by its speed mode, manufacturer and model.
During transfer it may be in the range of 66–330 mW (20–100 mA at a supply voltage of 3.3 V). Specifications from TwinMos technologies list a maximum of 149 mW (45 mA) during transfer. Toshiba lists 264–330 mW (80–100 mA).[82] Standby current is much lower, less than 0.2 mA for one 2006 microSD card.[83] If there is data transfer for significant periods, battery life may be reduced noticeably (smartphones typically have batteries of capacity around 6 Wh (Samsung Galaxy S2, 1650 mAh @ 3.7 V)).
Modern UHS-II cards can consume up to 2.88 W, if the host device support bus speed mode SDR104 or UHS-II. Minimum power consumption in case of an UHS-II host is 0.72 W.
Bus speed Mode *1 |
Max. bus speed [MB/s] |
Max. clock frequency [MHz] |
Signal voltage [V] |
Storage capacity and incompatibilities[edit]
All SD cards let the host device determine how much information the card can hold, and the specification of each SD family gives the host device a guarantee of the maximum capacity a compliant card reports.
By the time the version 2.0 (SDHC) specification was completed in June 2006,[85] vendors had already devised 2 GB and 4 GB SD cards, either as specified in Version 1.01, or by creatively reading Version 1.00. The resulting cards do not work correctly in some host devices.[86][87]
SDSC cards above 1 GB[edit]
A host device can ask any inserted SD card for its 128-bit identification string (the Card-Specific Data or CSD). In standard-capacity cards (SDSC), 12 bits identify the number of memory clusters (ranging from 1 to 4,096) and 3 bits identify the number of blocks per cluster (which decode to 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512 blocks per cluster). The host device multiplies these figures (as shown in the following section) with the number of bytes per block to determine the card's capacity in bytes.
SD version 1.00 assumed 512 bytes per block. This permitted SDSC cards up to 4,096 × 512 × 512 = 1 GB, for which there are no known incompatibilities.
Version 1.01 let an SDSC card use a 4-bit field to indicate 1,024 or 2,048 bytes per block instead.[21] Doing so enabled cards with 2 GB and 4 GB capacity, such as the Transcend 4 GB SD card and the Memorette 4 GB SD card.
Early SDSC host devices that assume 512-byte blocks therefore do not fully support the insertion of 2 GB or 4 GB cards. In some cases, the host device can read data that happens to reside in the first 1 GB of the card. If the assumption is made in the driver software, success may be version-dependent. In addition, any host device might not support a 4 GB SDSC card, since the specification lets it assume that 2 GB is the maximum for these cards.
Storage capacity calculations[edit]
The format of the Card-Specific Data (CSD) register changed between version 1 (SDSC) and version 2.0 (which defines SDHC and SDXC).
Version 1[edit]
In version 1 of the SD specification, capacities up to 2 GB are calculated by combining fields of the CSD as follows:
Capacity=(C_SIZE+1) × 2(C_SIZE_MULT + 2 + READ_BL_LEN) Where: 0 <= C_SIZE <= 4095, 0 <= C_SIZE_MULT <= 7, READ_BL_LEN is 9 (for 512 bytes/sector) or 10 (for 1024 bytes/sector)
Later versions state (at Section 4.3.2) that a 2 GB SDSC card shall set its READ_BL_LEN (and WRITE_BL_LEN) to indicate 1024 bytes, so that the above computation correctly reports the card's capacity; but that, for consistency, the host device shall not request (by CMD16) block lengths over 512 bytes.[21]
Versions 2 and 3[edit]
In the definition of SDHC cards in version 2.0, the C_SIZE portion of the CSD is 22 bits and it indicates the memory size in multiples of 512 KB (the C_SIZE_MULT field is removed and READ_BL_LEN is no longer used to compute capacity). Two bits that were formerly reserved now identify the card family: 0 is SDSC; 1 is SDHC or SDXC; 2 and 3 are reserved.[21] Because of these redefinitions, older host devices do not correctly identify SDHC or SDXC cards nor their correct capacity.
- SDHC cards are restricted to reporting a capacity not over 32 GiB.
- SDXC cards are allowed to use all 22 bits of the C_SIZE field. An SDHC card that did so (reported C_SIZE > 65375 to indicate a capacity of over 32 GiB) would violate the specification. A host device that relied on C_SIZE rather than the specification to determine the card's maximum capacity might support such a card, but the card might fail in other SDHC-compatible host devices.
Capacity is calculated thus:
Capacity=(C_SIZE+1)*524288 where for SDHC 4112<=C_SIZE<=65375 (approx. 2 GB) < capacity < 32 GiB for SDXC 65535<=C_SIZE 32 GiB <= capacity <= 2 TiB max.
Capacities above 4 GB can only be achieved by following version 2.0 or later versions. In addition, capacities equal to 4 GB must also do so to guarantee compatibility.
Openness of specification[edit]
Like most memory card formats, SD is covered by numerous patents and trademarks. Royalties for SD card licences are imposed for manufacture and sale of memory cards and host adapters (US$1,000/year plus membership at US$1,500/year), but SDIO cards can be made without royalties.
Early versions of the SD specification were available only after agreeing to a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that prohibited development of an open source driver. However, the system was eventually reverse-engineered, and free software drivers provided access to SD cards that did not use DRM. Since then, the (SDA) has provided a simplified version of the specification under a less restrictive license.[88] Although most open-source drivers were written before this, it has helped to solve compatibility issues.
In 2006, the SDA released a simplified version of the specification of the host controller interface (as opposed to the specification of SD cards) and later also for the physical layer, ASSD extensions, SDIO, and SDIO Bluetooth Type-A, under a disclaimers agreement.[89] Again, most of the information had already been discovered and Linux had a fully free driver for it. Still, building a chip conforming to this specification caused the One Laptop per Child project to claim "the first truly Open Source SD implementation, with no need to obtain an SDI license or sign NDAs to create SD drivers or applications."[90]
The proprietary nature of the complete SD specification affects embedded systems, laptop computers, and some desktop computers; many desktop computers do not have card slots, instead using USB-based card readers if necessary. These card readers present a standard USB mass storage interface to memory cards, thus separating the operating system from the details of the underlying SD interface. However, embedded systems (such as portable music players) usually gain direct access to SD cards and thus need complete programming information. Desktop card readers are themselves embedded systems; their manufacturers have usually paid the SDA for complete access to the SD specifications. Many notebook computers now include SD card readers not based on USB; device drivers for these essentially gain direct access to the SD card, as do embedded systems.
The SPI-bus interface mode is the only type that does not require a host license for accessing SD cards.
Comparison to other flash memory formats[edit]
Overall, SD is less open than CompactFlash or USB flash memory drives. Those open standards can be implemented without paying for licensing, royalties, or documentation. (CompactFlash and USB flash drives may require licensing fees for the use of the SDA's trademarked logos.)
However, SD is much more open than Memory Stick, for which no public documentation nor any documented legacy implementation is available. All SD cards can be accessed freely using the well-documented SPI bus.
xD cards are simply 18-pin NAND flash chips in a special package and support the standard command set for raw NAND flash access. Although the raw hardware interface to xD cards is well understood, the layout of its memory contents—necessary for interoperability with xD card readers and digital cameras—is totally undocumented. The consortium that licenses xD cards has not released any technical information to the public.
Type | MMC | RS-MMC | MMCplus | MMCmobile | SecureMMC | SDIO | SD | miniSD | microSD |
SD Socket | Yes | Extender | Yes | Extender | Yes | Yes | Yes | Adapter | Adapter |
Pins | 7 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 |
Width | 24 mm | 24 mm | 24 mm | 24 mm | 24 mm | 24 mm | 24 mm | 20 mm | 11 mm |
Length | 32 mm | 18 mm | 32 mm | 18 mm | 32 mm | 32 mm+ | 32 mm | 21.5 mm | 15 mm |
Thickness | 1.4 mm | 1.4 mm | 1.4 mm | 1.4 mm | 1.4 mm | 2.1 mm | 2.1 mm (most) 1.4 mm (rare) |
1.4 mm | 1 mm |
1-bit SPI bus mode | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Max. SPI bus clock | 20 MHz | 20 MHz | 52 MHz | 52 MHz | 20 MHz | 50 MHz | 25 MHz | 50 MHz | 50 MHz |
1-bit MMC/SD bus mode | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
4-bit MMC/SD bus mode | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Optional | Yes | Yes | Yes |
8-bit MMC bus mode | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Max. MMC/SD bus clock | 20 MHz | 20 MHz | 52 MHz | 52 MHz | 20 MHz? | 50 MHz | 208 MHz | 208 MHz | 208 MHz |
Max. MMC/SD transfer rate | 20 Mbit/s | 20 Mbit/s | 416 Mbit/s | 416 Mbit/s | 20 Mbit/s? | 200 Mbit/s | 832 Mbit/s | 832 Mbit/s | 832 Mbit/s |
Interrupts | No | No | No | No | No | Optional | No | No | No |
DRM | No | No | No | No | Yes | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes |
User encrypt | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Simplified spec. | Yes | Yes | No | No | Not yet? | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Membership cost | JEDEC: US$4,400/yr, optional | SD Card Association: US$2,000/year, general; US$4,500/year, executive. | |||||||
Specification cost | Free | ? | Simplified: free. Full: membership, or US$1,000/year to R&D non-members. | ||||||
Host license | No | No | No | No | No | US$1,000/year, excepting SPI-mode only use. | |||
Card royalties | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, US$1,000/year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Open source compatible | Yes | Yes | Yes? | Yes? | Yes? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nominal voltage | 3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V[91][92] | 1.8 V/3.3 V | 1.8 V/3.3 V | 3.3 V | 3.3 V (SDSC), 1.8/3.3 V (SDHC & SDXC) |
3.3 V (miniSD), 1.8/3.3 V (miniSDHC) |
3.3 V (SDSC), 1.8/3.3 V (microSDHC & microSDXC) |
Max. capacity | 128 GB | 2 GB | 128 GB? | 2 GB | 128 GB? | ? | 2 GB (SD), 32 GB (SDHC), 2 TB (SDXC) |
2 GB (miniSD), 16 GB (miniSDHC) |
2 GB (microSD), 32 GB (microSDHC), 200 GB (microSDXC) |
Type | MMC | RS-MMC | MMCplus | MMCmobile | SecureMMC | SDIO | SD | miniSD | microSD |
- Table data compiled from MMC, SD, and SDIO specifications from SD Association and JEDEC web sites. Data for other card variations are interpolated.
See also[edit]
- Comparison of memory cards
- Serial Peripheral Interface Bus (SPI)
- Flash memory
- Universal Flash Storage
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NetSuite Inc. has been growing steadily—first quarter revenue was up 30% over a year earlier. But it's made its name, and attracted 12,000 clients, mainly as a provider of the core accounting software companies of all kinds use to manage their businesses. It's had an e-commerce module, but it didn't allow much customization of a retailer's web site and consequently hasn't been a strong contender among retailers focused on growing online. The company is out to change that, which likely will mean a new, viable option for midsized e-retailers in particular.
The company has given e-commerce a lot of play this week at its annual client conference, SuiteWorld in San Francisco. In the keynote address yesterday, CEO Zach Nelson outlined its new e-commerce system, called SuiteCommerce, designed to make it easier for retailers to design their site down to the last pixel and to plug in specialized applications from other vendors.
The company's pitch is that retailers will be able to integrate all the data they collect online with all the customer, inventory, pricing and other data they store behind the scenes in their NetSuite accounting and planning modules. NetSuite's main selling point has always been this tight integration of accounting with other business functions and the fact that the NetSuite system stores a single version of a retailer's data.
Take inventory, for example. All the data resides in a single data store that's accessed whenever something happens to inventory: more goods are received, an item is sold, the price changes, and so forth. Data about each customer similarly is stored in a single location, and accessed whenever there is new contact with the shopper.
In today's keynote address, NetSuite chief technology officer Evan Goldberg explained how the dynamic merchandising features NetSuite is now building will take advantage of that information. As a consumer goes to check out, the system will make recommendations for other products based on an array of data in the NetSuite system: it will check to see what other consumers have bought along with the item the shopper has in his cart, what this customer has bought previously, and which items the retailer has too much of and would like to move. Based on all that, the system will recommend additional products. As Goldberg put it, "This will improve your business and improve the satisfaction of your web store customers."
NetSuite is playing catch-up in offering these sorts of merchandising features for e-retailers. But its executives argue that, once they're available through NetSuite, they'll be more powerful and easier for retailers to maintain than other systems because NetSuite software will provide all the basic functions to run a business and maintain all a retailer's data in one place. No need to cobble together applications from different vendors.
Whether that proves to be appealing to many e-retailers remains to be seen. But there's no doubt NetSuite is investing in e-commerce. The company plans to hire nearly 100 more staffers this year for its e-commerce team, Andy Lloyd, general manager for e-commerce at NetSuite, told reporters yesterday. He also noted that the company already runs plenty of e-commerce: 2,800 sites that generate $1.2 billion in annual sales, Lloyd says. But he recognizes that most of those sites are run by smaller retailers.
NetSuite is aiming higher, Lloyd and his colleagues made clear this week. They're going after competitors like Demandware and Magento that are making headway among leading online retailers. Demandware boasts 16 clients in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide and Magento eight, compared to only four for NetSuite. Some participants at this week's SuiteWorld event also believe NetSuite can make a good case to the mostly smaller retailers that use Yahoo for their e-commerce platform. There are 19 of those in the current Top 500 list.
NetSuite executives contend growing e-retailers will be attracted by its fixed pricing—$3,999 per month and up for the Enterprise edition of its SuiteCommerce software aimed at retailers with large product catalogs, and $1,999 and up for the Mid-market version. Some competitors take a percentage of a retailer's sales in fees, which NetSuite argues makes their software increasingly expensive for e-retailers that prosper.
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Bill Johns 5pts lmao... first of its cousin, and second why the hell would anyone want a "truck" that you cant even take of the main road.. if your gonna have a truck be a damn man about it and take it offroad and get stuck in 4' swamps.. not little potholes.. otherwise do the truck a favor and get a little zippy car that cant go offroad anyway... the only thing a lowered truck means is that you aint got the balls to lift it and the ass to move it.. let me guess you prob work at a hair solon too huh.... hahahahah lmao
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Charles Russell Gordon 5pts I would like to know how they got it to lay frame and the 4wd still work I've only seen one functional 4x4 bagged it was an s10 but wouldn't lay frame
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Graz and Schladming in Styria, Austria, will host the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
Graz, Austria: The world's largest sports and humanitarian event in 2017 will be staged in Austria. Special Olympics announced today that Graz and Schladming in Styria, Austria, will host the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games.
In 2017, Austria will welcome almost 3,000 Special Olympics athletes from 110 nations to compete in nine Olympic-type winter sports. The Special Olympics World Winter Games returns to Austria, the location of the fifth Special Olympics World Winter Games in 1993 in Salzburg and Schladming. 1,600 athletes from 63 nations competed in five sports in these Games, which were the first World Games held outside the United States.
Speaking today at the press announcement in Graz, Dr. Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman and CEO of Special Olympics said: "On behalf of our entire Special Olympics movement worldwide, I am thrilled to award our 2017 World Games to Graz and Schladming in the beautiful state of Styria. Austria was the first country outside the U.S. to host a Special Olympics World Games and helped us show the world the gifts and talents of our Special Olympics athletes. It is fitting that we would return to a country that has demonstrated its commitment to people with intellectual disabilities for decades and will embrace our athletes from around the world."
Signing of the Official Memorandum of Agreement between Styrian Government and Special Olympics
A Memorandum of Agreement was signed today by Mayor Hermann Kröll, President of Special Olympics Austria and Chairman of the 2017 Bid Committee and Dr. Timothy P. Shriver. Governor Franz Voves of Styria presided over the event and was joined by Franz Majcen, President of the Styrian Parliament, Mayor Siegfried Nagl of Graz and Mayor Jürgen Winter of Schladming.
"By hosting the 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games, Austria aims to strengthen and enrich the Special Olympics movement in all relevant social areas. As a nation that has been recognized for its work in human rights with a new constitution that guarantees equal treatment for people with and without disabilities, we look to use to the World Games to spread this message of inclusion throughout the world," stated Mayor Kröll, Chairman of the 2017 Bid Committee.
"In the Styrian and Austrian tradition of warmth and hospitality, the 2017 World Winter Games will be promoted as the Heartbeat for the World, a place that will celebrate the extraordinary gifts and talents of people with and without intellectual disabilities joining together as one and a time to hail the lasting legacy of Special Olympics' founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver."
Every two years, thousands of Special Olympics athletes worldwide come together to showcase their athletic skills and celebrate the spirit of Special Olympics, which holds over 50,000 competitions per year. The first Special Olympics World Games took place in 1968 and since then has evolved into a world-class sporting event, attracting a wide range of sponsors, supporters and media. Alternating between Summer Games and Winter Games, Special Olympics World Games brings public attention to the talents and capabilities of people with intellectual disabilities, helping to change attitudes and break down barriers that excluded them from the mainstream of the community.
The most recent World Games were Special Olympics World Summer Games Athens 2011 held in Greece. In just over 100 days, the next Special Olympics World Games will be the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games to be held in PyeongChang, South Korea from 29 January to 5 February.
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About Special Olympics:Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives through the power of sport by empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown from a few hundred athletes to 4 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide, providing year-round sports training, athletic competition and related programs. Special Olympics takes place daily, changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities all over the world. Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy and friendship.
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'I really had no idea I was going to the recipient of such a prestigious title', he said after the award presentation, which was held during the Monaco Classic Week. ...[more] New Zealand honours Coastguard volunteers By Sail-World Cruising Round-up, , 11:31 AM Wed 18 Sep 2013 The New Zealand Coastguard community has come together to honour the year's achievements at the National Coastguard Gala Awards Evening last weekend. ...[more] Bravery awards for Brighton yacht crew By The Standard/Sail-World Cruising, , 11:10 AM Mon 2 Sep 2013 BRAVERY awards have been presented to a yacht crew who rescued sailors near Port Campbell. Brighton sailors Grant Dunoon, Klaus-Peter Fecht, Ross Fisher and Kim Walker received a group bravery citation for rescuing six sailors from a sunken yacht off Port Campbell in Victoria in April last year. ...[more] European Yacht of the Year Awards 2014 - the nominations are out! By A. Manuela Preinbergs/Sail-World, , 6:34 AM Tue 6 Aug 2013 Every year every well-known and not-so-well-known boat builder enters new yachts in the 'European Yacht of the Year'. This award can make an enormous difference to the regard in which a yacht is held, and provide a vast amount of free publicity. However, even getting nominated for the great awards is an achievement in itself and the nominations have just been announced. ...[more] DAME Awards for innovation: Call for entries By Sail-World Cruising, 8:06 AM Fri 26 Jul 2013 Do you have an innovative marine design that might wow the sailing world? The publicity you could gain by winning a design award at the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) could be beyond your wildest dreams - and they are calling now for entrants. ...[more] DAME Awards for innovation call for entries By Sail-World Cruising, 6:46 AM Fri 26 Jul 2013 Do you have an innovative marine design that might wow the sailing world? The publicity you could gain by winning a design award at the Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) could be beyond your wildest dreams - and they are calling now for entrants. ...[more] HMS Bounty rescue swimmers honoured, tell the story By Antonieta Rico, Navy Times/Sail-World Cruising, 7:55 AM Mon 15 Jul 2013 The replica of Captain Bligh's ship, the HMS Bounty, might have been sailing far away in the Caribbean when she was lost, but as her memory will forever remind us of one of the most graphic survival stories of the South Pacific, we especially mourn her going. Here the swimming heroes of the rescue of the crew of the Bounty during Hurricane Sandy are honoured, and have their story told: ...[more] HMS Bounty rescue swimmers honoured, tell the story By Antonieta Rico, Navy Times/Sail-World Cruising, 6:38 AM Mon 15 Jul 2013 Along with most other leisure sailors, we at Sail-World are always happy to see the brave exploits of those who go to rescue sailors in trouble recognised. Here the heroes of the rescue of the crew of HMS Bounty during Hurricane Sandy are honoured, and have their story told: ...[more] Events Clothing up for NZ Exporter of the Year By Sail-World Cruising, 4:15 PM Fri 14 Jun 2013 Events Clothing Company, an Auckland-based marine clothing specialist is a finalist for the 2013 Auckland Export QBE Exporter of the Year (sales under $25 million) Award. ...[more] Queens Birthday Honours for Marine Rescuers By Ken McManus, 4:07 PM Mon 10 Jun 2013 Three volunteers from Marine Rescue NSW have been recognised for their contribution to safety on the water and the NSW boating community in this year's Queen's Birthday honours. ...[more] First-timers' yachting lifestyle magazine app wins Award By Lee Mylchreest, 10:36 AM Wed 8 May 2013 You don't have to be an organisation as large as National Geographic or Time to make big waves in the App world. A yachting lifestyle magazine app which was co-founded two first-timers in App creation has won a Webby Award. ...[more] Cruising Club of America Annual Awards Dinner held at New York YC By Kirsten Ferguson, 5:28 AM Wed 6 Mar 2013 On Friday, March 1, 2013, the Cruising Club of America (CCA) celebrated its phenomenal sailors of 2012 at the Annual Awards Dinner at New York Yacht Club in Manhattan. ...[more] Two sailing superyachts in Yacht & Aviation Awards 2013 short-list By Nancy Knudsen, 11:12 AM Sun 3 Mar 2013 Two sailing vessels have been nominated and short-listed for the International Yacht & Aviation Awards for 2013. They are the 33m sloop, Simba, and the 44m catamaran, Hemisphere. All the others on the short list are powerboats. ...[more] West Marine's 'Green Products of 2013' announced - both practical By West Marine/Sail-World Cruising, 10:03 AM Mon 18 Feb 2013 They are both practical, both as green as a magic dragon and both worthy of the attention of a cruising sailor. Two products were selected as West Marine's 2013 'Green Product of the Year' Winners: Attwood's Fuel Demand Valve and West Marine CFA bottom paint share the top honor and the $10,000 prize. ...[more] Cruising Together: CCA awards couple for decade-long sailing By Kirsten Ferguson, United States , 9:01 AM Fri 15 Feb 2013 The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has selected Stephen and Karyn James (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) to receive its 2012 Far Horizon Award for a commendable ten years and 38,000 miles of cruising. The award is given to a member of CCA 'for a particularly meritorious cruise or series of cruises that exemplify the objectives of the Club.' ...[more] Rod Stephens Trophy Awarded - he saved the sailor AND the sailing boat By Cruising Club of America/Sail-World, 10:55 AM Wed 13 Feb 2013 The Cruising Club of America (CCA) has selected Captain Thomas B. Crawford to receive its 2012 Rod Stephens Trophy for Outstanding Seamanship for the rescue of Derk Wolmuth and his sailboat, Bela Bartok, during the 2012 Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race. The trophy is given 'for an act of seamanship which significantly contributes to the safety of a yacht or one or more individuals at sea.' ...[more]
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