Editing Memory card (section)

== Overview of all memory card types ==
{{Main|Comparison of memory cards}}
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*PCMCIA ATA Type I Card (PC Card ATA Type I)
**PCMCIA Type II, Type III cards
*[[CompactFlash]] Card (Type I), CompactFlash High-Speed
*CompactFlash Type II, CF+(CF2.0), CF3.0
**Microdrive
*[[CFexpress]]
*MiniCard ([[Miniature Card]]) (max 64&nbsp;MB / 64 [[MiB]])
*SmartMedia Card (SSFDC) (max 128&nbsp;MB) (3.3&nbsp;V,5&nbsp;V)
*xD-Picture Card, xD-Picture Card Type M
*[[Memory Stick]], MagicGate Memory Stick (max 128&nbsp;MB); Memory Stick Select, MagicGate Memory Stick Select ("Select" means: 2x128&nbsp;MB with A/B switch)
*SecureMMC
*[[Secure Digital]] (SD Card), Secure Digital High-Speed, Secure Digital Plus/Xtra/etc (SD with USB connector)
**[[miniSD card]]
**[[microSD]] card (aka Transflash, T-Flash, TF)
**SDHC
**WiFi SD Cards (SD Card With WiFi Card Built in) Powered by Device. (Eye-Fi, WiFi SD, Flash Air)
*[[Nano Memory]] (NM) card
*MU-Flash (Mu-Card) (Mu-Card Alliance of OMIA)
*C-Flash
*[[Subscriber Identity Module|SIM]] card (Subscriber Identity Module)
*[[Smart card]] ([[ISO/IEC 7810]], [[ISO/IEC 7816]] card standards, etc.)
*UFC ([[USB FlashCard]]) (uses [[USB]])
*FISH Universal Transportable Memory Card Standard (uses USB)
*Intelligent Stick (iStick, a USB-based flash memory card with MMS)
*[[SxS]] (S-by-S) memory card, a new memory card specification developed by [[Sandisk]] and [[Sony]]. SxS complies to the [[ExpressCard]] industry standard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dpreview.com/news/0704/07041601sxsmemorycardformat.asp |title=SanDisk and Sony Announce SxS Memory Card: Digital Photography Review |publisher=Dpreview.com |access-date=2013-01-07}}</ref>
*Nexflash Winbond Serial Flash Module (SFM) cards, size range 1 [[Mebibyte|MB]], 2&nbsp;MB and 4&nbsp;MB.

=== Comparison ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Standard
! colspan="5" |[[SD card|SD]]
! colspan="2" |[[Universal Flash Storage|UFS Card]]
! colspan="2" |[[CFast]]
! colspan="2" |[[XQD]]
! colspan="3" |[[CFexpress]]
|-
|Version
|3.0
|4.0
|6.0
|7.0<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flashmemorysummit.com/English/Collaterals/Proceedings/2017/20170809_S202C_Pinto.pdf|title=SD + PCIe/NVMe Card New Innovations in SD Cards Lead the Way to Mobile Everything|last=Pinto|first=Yosi|website=Flash Memory Summit}}</ref>
|8.0
|1.0
|2.0
|1.0
|2.0
|1.0
|2.0
|1.0
|2.0
|4.0
|-
|Launched
|2010 Q2
|2011 Q1
|2017 Q1
|2018 Q2
|2020 Q1
|2016 Q2
|?
|2008 Q3
|2012 Q3
|2011 Q4
|2014 Q1
|2017 Q2
|2019 Q1
|2023 Q3
|-
|Bus
|UHS-I
|UHS-II
|UHS-III
|PCIe 3.0 x1
|PCIe 4.0 x2
|UFS 2.0
|UFS 3.0
|SATA-300
|SATA-600
|PCIe 2.0 x1
|PCIe 2.0 x2
|PCIe 3.0 x2
|PCIe 3.0 x1/x2/x4
|PCIe 4.0 x1/x2/x4
|-
|Speed
(full-duplex)
|104 MB/s
|156 MB/s
|624 MB/s
|985 MB/s
|3938 MB/s
|600 MB/s
|1200 MB/s
|300 MB/s
|600 MB/s
|500 MB/s
|1000 MB/s
|1970 MB/s
|up to 4&nbsp;GB/s
|up to 8&nbsp;GB/s
|}