New memory cards from Samsung Electronics are introducing in this month at Taiwan

Samsung Electronics has announced that it is introducing its first consumer memory cards in this month at Taiwan. These memory cards, which comply with the Secure Digital class 6 ratings for performance, are available in SD, microSD and Compact Flash (CF) formats with densities of 4 GB and 8GB, with a 16GB density for an SD Plus card.

Samsung memory cards features shock-resistant, water-resistant and protected from damage caused by magnetic interference, and also features a modern brushed silver metallic design or a natural beige epoxy compound casing, and full compatibility with devices that have memory card slots. Most of the premium Plus memory cards can read data at 17MB/s (megabytes per second), though the CF cards provide read speeds of up to 45MB/s.

"The market for memory cards continues to grow in leaps and bounds as consumers push for added storage in smart phones and other mobile devices," said Dong Soo Jun, executive vice president, strategic marketing team, Memory Division, Samsung Electronics.

Samsung says, the NAND flash-memory retail market is estimated to already have reached $12 billion in revenues annually. As a result of continued dramatic growth in the mobile phone market, digital memory card demand is projected to more than double between 2008 and 2011. According to iSuppli, by 2011 more than 61 percent of mobile phones will include a card slot for additional flash card storage, compared to 51 percent of mobile phones with card slots in 2008.