Samsung Ultra High Speed-1 MicroSD Cards

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is producing Ultra High Speed-1 (UHS-1) interface microSD cards that support performance levels required on advanced LTE (Long Term Evolution) smartphones and tablets.

"MicroSD cards with a UHS-1 interface offer users an extremely high level of performance on their LTE smartphones and for other advanced mobile applications. This allows consumers to enjoy high-quality images and video playback directly from the memory cards, which fully supports the advanced performance features of diverse digital gadgets," said Wanhoon Hong, EVP, memory sales and marketing, Samsung Electronics. "Our UHS-1 card demonstrates how Samsung plans to continually expand its line-up of memory cards in accommodating the market need for higher densities and greater performance."

The UHS-1 memory card comes in a 16GB density. It is comprised of Samsung’s 20 nanometer-class 64 gigabit toggle DDR 2.0 devices and a Samsung controller supporting the UHS-1 interface.

According to internal tests, the new 16GB UHS-1 microSD card has a maximum sequential read speed of 80MB/s. This is more than four times the read speed of today’s advanced microSD cards, which operate at 21MB/s.

Initiating production of the 16GB UHS-1 microSD cards began late last month.

In the future, Samsung plans to expand its microSD card offerings with higher density solutions.