Endless Paradigm

Sony has finalized specifications of Memory Stick XC, which was also known back during CES 2009 as “Memory Stick Format Series for Extended High Capacity.” At that time, Sony had mentioned that this new Memory Stick would have 2TB maximum capacity, but details were rather scarce. A new page on Sony’s oss-formats.org website has listed all of the details for the Memory Stick XC, which is really exciting especially considering that the form factor for these new flash cards are (on paper) the same as pre-existing memory sticks, which means that these high capacity juggernauts are most likely backwards compatible. The entire cast and crew are back, including Duo, Micro, and the HG variants. Additionally, the XC series also uses the much more efficient exFAT file system, while the PRO series uses FAT12/16/32. The 2TB Memory Stick Duo picture used in this story is a photoshop by yours truly, but this won’t be much different than the real thing. License agreements for the Memory Stick XC are now available to interested hardware manufacturers.

Update: There seems to be some confusion amongst the Internet about this story. A 2 TB maximum capacity doesn’t mean that you will see a 2 TB Memory Stick XC next year. That is probably years away – however, it does open the door for 64GB, 128GB, etc; a natural progression to the 2 TB limit is to be expected.

The new nomenclature (to further confuse consumers):

    * Memory Stick XC Duo
    * Memory Stick XC-HG Duo
    * Memory Stick XC Micro (M2 XC)
    * Memory Stick XC-HG Micro (M2 XC-HG)





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yeah i saw this on gizmodo, looks incredible. the only ones that could possibly work with current MS Pro Duo slots would be the XC Duo as its the only one with 10 pins still

thatll be great for psp users, now wee can hav huge video libraries as well as music libraries!

Holy christ. I wonder the price...

brady4mvp Wrote:Holy christ. I wonder the price...

one meeeeelion dollars!  but at that time a psp will probably be zero point seven meeeelion dollars due to the economic recession and depreciation of the US Dollar courtesy of obama magically making new money to stimulate the economy.

ProperBritish Wrote:yeah i saw this on gizmodo, looks incredible. the only ones that could possibly work with current MS Pro Duo slots would be the XC Duo as its the only one with 10 pins still

yeah & @ 15mbps transfer rate (idk if that's really true)
just think how long youll be waiting for it to fill up :p
(that is of course if you have 2tb worth of junk)