4TB SD cards are arriving in 2025 for your cameras and laptops

It wasn’t that agelong agone erstwhile we were impressed by a 400GB microSD card, but now, Western Digital is showing off a full-size SD paper pinch 10 times nan retention capacity. The caller SanDisk Extreme Pro 4TB SD paper is designed for cameras and laptops, and it’s nan first clip we’ve seen this retention size connected an SD card.

While Western Digital is previewing its four-terabyte SD paper astatine nan NAB Show this week, it won’t really beryllium disposable until 2025. AnandTech notes that nan paper uses nan Ultra High Speed-I (UHS-I) interface, which supports up to 104MB/s information transfers successful nan UHS104 (SDR104) mode. It besides has minimal sequential constitute speeds of 30MB/s, capable for 8K video recording.

The SD Association first announced its Secure Digital Ultra Capacity (SDUC) paper specifications successful 2018, promising that SD cards would soon clasp up to 128 terabytes of storage. It’s taken rather immoderate clip to get to nan 4TB point, and Western Digital isn’t disclosing what type of NAND is wrong nan upcoming card, truthful moreover higher capacities are apt a ways off.

Still, if you’re eager to grounds beyond 4K solution pinch 4 terabytes of space, past Western Digital should person thing fresh adjacent year. The large mobility is really overmuch a 4TB UHS-1 SD paper will cost. Given nan 1TB versions of nan aforesaid paper unit for astir $140, you’re astir apt looking astatine $600 aliases much for a 4TB version.