Thing is - in 2006 when SD reaches(possibly) 3Gb, CF will be well over its current 4Gb(or is it 6Gb already?) and required storage sizes will have risen too as cameras produce more and more megapixels.
Don't get me wrong, I think SD has a great future and may win the war eventually, but the idea that in 2 years it will have killed CF is pure marketing hype in my opinion. Of course it is entirely possible that a new format will arise which atually renders them both obsolete... I will read the article though, because I am interested and slightly surprised that the market shares are as quoted. Thanks for the link. > -----Original Message----- > From: Shel Belinkoff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 February 2004 17:01 > To: PDML > Subject: Some more tech-talk > > > An article in Forbes Magazine "As Flash Memory Sales Grow, > Some Formats Lose Out" states that the smaller SD format, > which fits is smaller devices like cell phones, could > ultimately make the compact flash cards appearing in most of > our digital cameras obsolete. > > "in the past year, the SD memory card's monthly market share > has surged. By last November, 42% of all aftermarket flash > memory cards sold in the United States were in the SD format. > CompactFlash, its closest competitor, accounted for less than 26%..." > > "The SD format, available in both regular and mini sizes, is > expected to forge ahead. This year, SanDisk plans to > introduce a 1-gigabyte version of the SD memory card, up from > 512 megabytes, and plans 2-gigabyte and 3-gigabyte versions > for succeeding years . . . By 2006, we will have SD cards > with sufficient capacity and transfer speed to record > high-definition video..." > > The entire article can be found here: > http://www.forbes.com/business/2004/02/04/0204flashmemorypinnacor_ii.htm l
