NOW YOU'RE TALKING!!! :) :) :)
It is such a rare treat when a new standard comes out that aims for high performance!
- Jeff
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> It is offcourse 10MB (BYTE) per second ... and there is a roadmap for 1GB
> (BYTE)
> ram on them in 2003 or something
>
> - Jon fredrik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DIAMOND JEFF [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 21. mars 2001 17:45
> To: Palm Developer Forum
> Subject: Re: What is the speed of Secure Digital cards... ?
>
> Thanks, Dave!
>
> I had actually searched the web but couldn't turn up an actual specs on it.
> But I've never been known for my skills at doing searches. :)
>
> So if 10 Mb/sec is true, that's only 1.25 MB/second, and the Handspring
> Springboard is still king!
>
> I hope this speed isn't a true limit -> since Lexar already has flash cars
> in excess of 1.8 MB/second, it's only a matter of time
> before the speed goes even higher.
>
> Dave Johnson wrote:
>
> > You can do a web search for the real answer, of course, but I seem to
> > remember the phrase "up to 10 Mb/second"...
> >
> > Dave Johnson
> >
> > At 9:07 PM -0500 3/19/01, DIAMOND JEFF wrote:
> > >Relative to the core Palm bus speed of roughly 14 megabytes/second
> > >thoughput (observed)
> > >
> > >The Springboard expansion slot has a tolerable*, but slow transfer rate
> > >of about 1.5 megabytes/second.
> > >
> > >SmartMedia cards are also just on the edge of tolerable - while Sandisk
> > >are only about 0.5 MB/second, Lexar makes media that is 1.5 MB/second.
> > >
> > >
> > >The Sony memory sticks are horrible - 0.25 megabtes/second read and 0.06
> > >megabytes/second write speed - fast only when you compare with the
> > >internet.
> > >
> > >=> So now the big question - how fast are Secure Digital cards? They
> > >claim speed is their big asset. <=
> > >
> > >Thanks!
> > >- Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >* To illustrate "tolerable", a 160 x 160 16-bit display being copied
> > >could achieve less than 15 frames per second at 1.5 megabytes/second.
> > >Of course, you can copy all your data files into "RAM", but that takes
> > >time too: An 8-meg springboard cartridge would take over 5 seconds to
> > >copy into "RAM".
> > >
> > >
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