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Memory Card and Its Types

The document discusses different types of memory cards such as SD cards, xD picture cards, SmartMedia cards, and CompactFlash cards. It describes the basic components and workings of flash memory. It provides details on SD card standards set by the SD Association including physical sizes, speed classes, storage capacities, and more. It also gives an overview of other memory card formats such as xD picture cards and SmartMedia cards.

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Memory Card and Its Types

The document discusses different types of memory cards such as SD cards, xD picture cards, SmartMedia cards, and CompactFlash cards. It describes the basic components and workings of flash memory. It provides details on SD card standards set by the SD Association including physical sizes, speed classes, storage capacities, and more. It also gives an overview of other memory card formats such as xD picture cards and SmartMedia cards.

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TYPES OF MEMORY CARDS

RAVI VERMA
CHANDIGARH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
MEMORY CARD
FLASH MEMORY

• Flash memory is a type of EEPROM chip, which stands for Electronically Erasable
Programmable Read Only Memory.
• It has a grid of columns and rows with a cell that has two transistors at each intersection.
• One transistor is called floating gate and other one is called control gate.
• Floating gate is used to store data while Control gate controls read and write of data.
• Floating gate link between Wordline is through a Control gate.
• By switching On and Off control gate we can store 1 and 0 in floating transistor.
EXAMPLES OF FLASH MEMORY

• BIOS
• CompactFlash (most often found in digital cameras)
• PCMCIA Type I and Type II memory cards (used as solid-state disks in
laptops)
• Memory Stick (most often found in digital cameras)
• SD card
TYPES OF MEMORY CARD

• Secure Digital(SD) card


• Extreme Digital (xD) Picture card
• SmartMedia card
• MemoryStick
• CompactFlash card
• Personal Computers(PC) card
SD CARD

• SD Card means Secure Digital Card.


• It is a solid state memory meaning it doesn’t have moving parts like hard disk or CD.
• It works on Flash memory.
• It is a non-volatile memory it doesn’t need power source to retain data.
• It is a electronic memory meaning saving data , reading data and erasing data are
done using electronic signals.
• Its is generally used in portable devices like Mobile Phone, Digital Camera,Laptops
and PC using adapters.
WHO SETS SD CARD STANDARD?

• SD card standards are set by Secure Digital Association.


• Head Quarter situated in San Ramon, California US.
• Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba formed the SD Association in January 2000 with the goal of
developing and promoting standards for flash memory storage.
• SD Association doesn't make or market any products on its own.
• There are 1000+ association member who contribute in improvement of SD standards.
• These standards cover the SD cards themselves, as well as the hardware and device drivers
used to read and write to them.
HOW SD CARD LOOKS LIKE

• At first glance, an SD card is a small, flat, rectangular object with a notch


along one edge and copper leads, called pins, embedded on one side along
another edge.
SD CARD CLASSIFICATION

• Size like the physical dimensions like height,width and thickness.


• Storage Capacity.
• Speed of Read and Write.
PHYSICAL CLASSIFICATION

• 32 x 24 millimeters, 2.1 millimeters thick - This is the most common size you'll see. This
size has nine pins and features a write-protection switch on one side to toggle
between read-only and read-write states.
• 20 x 21.5 millimeters, 1.4 millimeters thick - This is the "mini" version with 11 pins,
and it's less common than the other two sizes.
• 15 x 11 millimeters, 1 millimeter thick - This is the "micro" version with eight pins.
Because it's so small, this size has become popular in mobile devices like
smartphones.
PHYSICAL CLASSIFICATION
SPEED CLASS
• Speed class
• Class 2 which supports 2MB/s speed.
• Class 4 which supports 4MB/s speed
• Class 6 which supports 6MB/s speed
• Class 10 which supports 10MB/s speed or higher speed.
UHS SPEED CLASS

• Ultra High Speed Class


• Comes in three generations
• UHS 1 , UHS 2 and UHS 3
• UHS 1 can support speeds up to speed 104 MB/s
• UHS 2 can support speeds up to speed 314 MB/s
• UHS 3 can support speeds up to speed 624 MB/s
• U1 supports speed upto 10 MB/s
• U3 supports speed upto 30MB/S
VIDEO SPEED CLASS

• V6 which supports 6MB/s speed


• V10 which supports 10MB/s speed
• V30 which supports 30MB/s speed
• V60 which supports 60MB/s speed
• V90 which supports 90MB/s speed
SD EXPRESS

• Supports transfer speed capacity up to 985 MB/S


APPLICATION PERFORMANCE CLASS

• It is a relatively new standard to measure speed.


• It uses No. of Input Output Operation Per second as measuring unit.
• It is of two types A1 and A2
• Application Performance Class 1 supports Read 1500 IOPS and write 500
IOPS.
• Application Performance Class 2 supports Read 4000 IOPS and write 2000
IOPS.
STORAGE CAPACITY

• SDSC or SD Type (Secure Digital Standard Capacity)


• SDHC type(Secure Digital High Capacity)
• SDXC Type(Secure Digital Extended Capacity)
• SDUC Type(Secure Digital Ultra Capacity)
SDSC TYPE

• Secure Digital Standard Capacity.


• Minimum 128 mb and maximum 2GB
• Supports FAT16 File system.
SDHC TYPE

• Secure Digital High Capacity.


• Supports data capacity minimum 2GB upto maximum 32 GB.
• Supports FAT32 file system.
SDXC TYPE

• Secure Digital Extended Capacity.


• Minimum 32 GB up to maximum 2TB.
• Supports FAT32 and exFAT file system.
SDUC TYPE

• Secure Digital Ultra Capacity.


• Suppports data storage capacity from 2TB up to 128TB.
• Supports exFAT file system.
XD PICTURE CARDS

• The xD in the xD-Picture Card stands for eXtreme Digital.


• xD-Picture Card is a flash memory card format, used in digital cameras made
by Olympus and Fujifilm.
• Capacity 16MB to 2 GB
• They are not used in any cameras currently in production.
• The card format is proprietary to Olympus and Fujifilm.
HOW XD PICTURE CARD LOOKS LIKE

Front Side Back Side


XD CARD STANDARD

• Standard xD
• xD M
• xD H
• Xd M+
STANDARD XD

• Two standard types


• 1)Supports write speed of 1.3 MB/s and Read speed of 5 MB/s
• Supports maximum 32MB storage capacity.
• Comes in 16MBand 32MB storage capacities.
• 2) Supports write speed of 3 MB/s and Read speed of 5 MB/s
• Supports maximum 512MB storage capacity.
• Comes in 64MB,128MB,256MB and512MBstorage capacities.
XD M

• Supports write speed of 2.5 MB/s and Read speed of 4 MB/s


• Supports maximum 2GB storage capacity.
• Comes in 256MB,512MB,1GB and 2GB storage capacities.
XD H

• Supports write speed of 4 MB/s and Read speed of 5 MB/s


• Supports maximum 2GB storage capacity.
• Comes in 256MB,512MB,1GB and 2GB storage capacities.
XD M+

• Supports write speed of 3.75 MB/s and Read speed of 6 MB/s


• Supports maximum 2GB storage capacity.
• Comes in 1GB and 2GB storage capacities.
SMARTMEDIA CARD

• SmartMedia is a flash memory card standard owned by Toshiba.


• Capacities ranging from 2 MB to 128 MB.
• SmartMedia memory cards are no longer manufactured.
• SmartMedia card is considered successor of Floppy Disk
• The format was originally named Solid State Floppy Disk Card (SSFDC)
• SmartMedia cards can be used in a standard 3.5" floppy drive by means of
a FlashPath adapter.
WHO SETS SMART CARD STANDARDS

• The SSFDC forum, a consortium aiming to promote SSFDC as an industry


standard, was founded in April 1996
• Consisting of 37 initial members.
HOW SMART MEDIA CARD LOOKS LIKE
FLASH PATH ADAPTER
SMART MEDIA CARD STANDARDS
• Weight: 2 g and Size: 45.0 × 37.0 × 0.76 mm
• Capacities: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 MB
• Uses 16-Mbit, 32-Mbit, and 64-Mbit Toshiba TC58-compatible NAND-
type flash memory chips
• Flat electrode terminal with 22 pins — (32M & 64M compatible)
• 8-bit I/O Interface (16-bit in some cases)
• Data transfer rate: 2MB/s
• 1,000,000 write cycles
• ten year storage time without power
• metallic write-protect sticker
• Compatible with PCMCIA with an adapter
• Compatible with CompactFlash Type II with an adapter
• Compatible with 3.5" floppy drives using FlashPath adapter
COMPACT FLASH CARD

• CompactFlash (CF) is a flash memory mass storage device used mainly in


portable electronic devices.
• The format was specified and the devices were first manufactured by SanDisk
in 1994

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