CES 2009: Sandisk and Sony to Expand “Memory Stick Pro” and “Memory Stick Micro” Formats
CES 2009, South Hall, Booth # 30659, LAS VEGAS– Jan. 7, 2009– SanDisk Corporation and Sony Corporation today announced the joint development of two expanded formats that will shape the flash memory landscape for years to come. “Memory Stick format for Extended High Capacity (Tentative name)” expands the “Memory Stick PRO” format series to achieve a maximum storage capacity of 2-terabytes (TB)1, while the “Memory Stick HG Micro” format enables a maximum data-transfer speed of 60 megabytes per second (MB/s)2, making it one of the fastest-smallest memory card formats to date.
