Samsung SC-D362 Service Manual page 235

Memory Stick (Sony)/SD Memory Card (Matsushita Electric Industrial, Toshiba, SanDisk America)
xD-Picture Card (Olympus and Fuji Film)
Memory Stick PRO
CompactFlash
Fig. 14-24 Picture 1 The size of each leading memory card
Memory Cards of Future Mainstream
Memory Stick Pro
Memory Stick
Hardware is compatible up to
128MB
Currently Popular Devices
Compact Flash
Relatively big size but since it is
high-speed and high capacity, many
products are compatible with
Compact Flash.
1) Characterization of each card's size
The future mainstream will be Memory Stick (Memory Stick PRO), SD Memory Card, xD-Picture Card. Each
brand is creating its own media card. CompactFlash is being widely used. MMC is mainly being used in Europe.
SmartMedia usage will be reduced in the future.
Samsung Electronics
SD Memory Card MultiMediaCard(MMC)
High-Speed, High-capacity
Memory Stick
Matsushita Electric Industrial,
Toshiba, SanDisk America
SD Memory Card
MMC
Widely used in Europe.
Not used much in Japan.
Fig. 14-25
xD-Picture Card
Compared to a 500Yen coin.
MMC can be used in SD
memory card slots
Reference Information
Smart Media
Olympus, Fuji Film
(Toshiba manufactures)
Digital camera dedicated media
xD- Picture Card
Non-compatible
Toshiba
Smart Media
Digital camera usage trends
point to xD-Picture cards over
smart media.
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