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Samsung says its new, faster microSD cards will help enable on-device AI, allowing people to use more data-heavy AI-related apps.
In a press release, the company explains it began sampling its 256GB SD Express microSD card and started mass production of the 1TB microSD card. The 256GB SD Express version will be available later this year, while the 1TB UHS-1 microSD will launch in the third quarter of 2024.
Samsung says the 256GB SD Express microSD card can read data up to 800MB/s, “1.4 times faster than SATA SSDs (up to 560 MB/s) and more than four times faster compared to traditional UHS-1 memory cards.” But because faster speeds from SD Express cards can hit temperatures of up to 96 degrees Celsius, Samsung introduced dynamic thermal…