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A Memory card is a device offering an easy, fast and reliable way for storing and transferring digital files. It works like a portable hard disk drive but comes with some superior advantages since almost every memory card is based on flash memory technology of having much smaller form factor and being non-volatile and solid state making flash memory cards much more durable and reliable compared to hard disk drives. Memory cards are made by a variety of manufacturers and can be found in different storage capacities and transfer speeds.
Memory cards can be used by digital cameras, cell phones, camcorders, portable audio, DVD and video players, PDAs, Game consoles, Laptops, Desktops.
There are many different types of memory cards and jobs they are used for. Some common places include in digital cameras, game consoles, cell phones, and industrial applications. PC card (PCMCIA) were among first commercial memory card formats (type I cards) to come out in the 1990s, but are now only mainly used in industrial applications and for I/O jobs. In digital cameras SmartMedia and CompactFlash had been very successful. In 2001 SM alone captured 50% of the digital camera market and CF had a strangle hold on professional digital cameras. By 2005 SD had taken over SmartMedia’s spot, though not to the same level and with stiff competition coming from Memory Stick variants.
Nowadays, most new PCs have built-in slots for a variety of memory cards; Memory Stick, CompactFlash, SD, etc. Some digital gadgets support more than one memory card to ensure compatibility.
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