More than 7 months after it was revealed, the world’s very first 1.5TB microSD card, Micron’s MTSD1T5ANC8MS-1WT, has actually landed, well practically. A handful of tech wholesalers have actually noted the card otherwise referred to as the i400 on their site and depending upon the number of you require and which area you are purchasing from, clients might need to wait on a minimum of 4 months. Mouser, Arrow and Avnet (plus its subsidiaries Farnell (opens in brand-new tab), Newark (opens in brand-new tab), Element14) have actually currently noted it with Newark being the most affordable at Newark, just $420.53, a rate that consists of complimentary shipment.
Purchase least 12,000 of them to see the cost drop to $381 (with an overall expense of more than $4.5m), not a bad cost for 18PB (yes, that’s Petabytes) of strong state storage that need to weigh, no greater than 4Kg (without the product packaging naturally). In case you were questioning, this microSD card costs about the like its weight in 0.125 carat diamond ($1.1m per Kg).
Similarly crucial is the information on these cards so remember that a microSD is smaller sized than a fingernail. We advise that you backup your information utilizing a cloud storage service (although you won’t discover any complimentary cloud storage that can do 1.5TB).
What follows?
Micron was the very first out of the with a 1TB card. The C200 is practically 4 years of ages and it’s just in the previous couple of months that the typical cost – and relative schedule of – 1TB MicroSD cards has actually enhanced. However the length of time will 1.5TB capability stay the king of the hill stays anybody’s guess; Kioxia revealed a 2TB Exceria Plus model back in September 2022 however while a tentative 2023 launch has actually been whispered, it is most likely to depend upon market conditions (i.e. if there’s enough need for it).
For those interested in purchasing it though, just bear in mind that it has a formatted capability of 1,430,511 Megabytes. Samsung and Kingston, two of the largest solid state storage vendors, have yet to release any microSD cards with a 1TB or higher capacity.
At the time of writing, the cheapest 1TB microSD card is a Silicon Power model at $87.99 (opens in new tab), about a third of the price per TB of Micron’s i40. Amazon has actually a great deal of other phony 1TB microSD cards on its market and this endemic issue hasn’t been solved yet. Need to you purchase a microSD card, ensure it’s one of these 14 brand names: Samsung, Kingston, SP/Silicon Power, Teamgroup, Sandisk, WD, PNY, Lexar, Inland, Gigastone, Patriot, Transcend, Amazon Fundamentals and MicroCenter. We wouldn’t rely on any others.
