Memory Stick PRO-HG

SanDisk Corporation and Sony Corporation have developed the Memory Stick PRO-HG format, bumping up memory to store high-resolution digital photos, music and video content on portable devices.

“Memory Stick PRO-HG” media offers high performance to meet the stringent demands of end users. This new media format uses an enhanced, 8-bit parallel interface in addition to a conventional serial and 4-bit parallel interface. The interface clock frequency also increases to 60MHz from 40MHz. This means that maximum data transfer speed increases up to 480Mbps, or 60MB/s (theoretical value), three times as fast as that of “Memory Stick PRO” media. The minimum write speed at 8-bit parallel transfer is 120 Mbps, or 15MB/s*1. These enhancements allow large data amounts of up to several gigabytes to be quickly transferred, as well as the real-time recording of high-resolution video and still images.

Memory Stick PRO-HG media with 4GB storage capacity will be available in 2007, while the format's maximum 32GB storage capacity availability is not yet known.

Via | Daily Tech