ProGrade Digital has a 1TB CFExpress memory card coming; and it has a read speed of 1,600 MB/s.
Just in time for WPPI 2019, ProGrade Digital is announcing new CFexpress memory cards that are promising some serious read speeds. They come in two flavors and in sizes ranging from big to massive. The ProGrade Digital CFexpress Cobalt cards are apparently the more affordable option, but we couldn’t find exact pricing on the products. These only have a 325GB and 650GB version with 1,400 MB/s write speeds. The gold version is quite a bit different.
The gold cards are where photographers will get their larger capacities of up to 1TB if they wish.
According to the press release:
ProGrade Digital CFexpress Cobalt
- Maximum read speed 1600MB/s
- Burst write speed 1400MB/s
- Minimum sustained write speed 1300MB/s
- Capacities: 325GB, 650GB
ProGrade Digital CFexpress Gold
- Maximum read speed 1600MB/s
- Burst write speed 600MB/s – 1000MB/s
- Minimum sustained write speed 150MB/s – 400MB/s
- Capacities: 120GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB
CFexpress 1.0 Cobalt and Gold both deliver:
- Fully compliant with CompactFlash™ Association 1.0 specification
- NVMe host interface with PCIe Gen3 X2 interconnect
- Extended battery life and low standby power through NVMe PS0 – PS4 support
- XQD host interoperable with firmware support
- Metal enclosure for improved durability and heat dissipation
- Thermal throttling protects card from overheating
- Optimized controllers specifically designed for use in professional-grade motion and still capture cameras
- Unique serialized tracking of every card enabling identification of key components and manufacturing data for the highest quality control
- Rigorous 100% full card testing down to individual memory chips for optimal quality
- X-ray proof, shock-proof
- Temperature ranges: operating 14 to 158°F/ -10 to 70°C; storage -4 to 185°F/ -20 to 85°C
- Dimensions: 29.6mm x 38.5mm x 3.8mm
- 3-year warranty
The CFexpress form factor is forecasted to gain broad industry adoption starting in 2019 due to its backward compatibility with XQD, and its open industry standard support from major device manufacturers.
