Lexar Introduces Higher Capacity 320GB CFexpress Type A Card
Lexar has announced a new higher-capacity CFexpress Type A card. Categorized into its Gold line, the 320GB card promises up to 900 MB/s read speeds and 800 MB/s write speeds.
The Best CFexpress Memory Cards in 2022
CFexpress has finally come into its own and multiple companies are now producing a wide variety of capacities at a range of prices. But with so many choices, which one should you buy?
Lexar’s New CFexpress Card Has One Huge Benefit Over Competitors
Lexar has officially released its Diamond Series CFexpress Type B cards. Announced back in April as the "world's fastest," the series promises transfer speeds of up to 1,900 MB/s.
Lexar’s New CFexpress Type A Card Tops Sony and ProGrade Speeds
Lexar has revealed the pricing of its new Gold Series CFexpress Type A cards and while it is more expensive than both Sony and ProGrade Digital equivalents, in testing the new card handily outperforms both.
Exascend 240GB CFexpress Type-A Card is World’s Highest Capacity
Exascend has announced a new series of CFexpress Type-A memory cards whose specifications match both Sony's and Prograde Digital's promised performance but offer a lower price and a new industry-highest capacity of 240GB.
Lexar’s New Super-Fast Portable SSD Features RGB Lighting
Lexar has announced a new SL660 BLAZE Gaming Portable SSD that features RGB lighting. The compact drive promises up to 2000MB/s read and 1900MB/s write and answers the question: "What if storage was also for gamers?"
Lexar’s Upcoming CFexpress Cards Will Be the World’s Fastest
Lexar's new Diamond Series CFexpress Type B cards and Gold Series CFexpress Type A cards both will hit new speed marks that will make them the fastest of their type on the market.
Wise Introduces World’s First 512GB V90 UHS-II SD Card
Wise, a memory manufacturer based in Taiwan, has announced the world's first 512GB capacity v90 SDXC UHS-II memory card. Doubling the capacity of others on the market, the card promises a sustained write speed of at least 90 MB/s.
SanDisk Pro-Dock 4 Review: The Best Card Reader for Professionals
Photographers and videographers who shoot large campaigns leave sets with a ton of data that needs to be ingested, backed up, and organized for editing. For successful businesses, one measly SD card slot on the back of a computer doesn't cut it. For them, a multi-card ingestion device is a must, and right now the SanDisk Professional Pro-Dock 4 is absolutely unbeatable in that department.
Adata Launches SD Express Cards, A Format No Camera Supports
Adata has announced that it will be producing a line of SD Express memory cards, following Lexar which did the same earlier this year. It's unclear who these cards are for, however, as no manufacturer currently supports the spec.
Lexar Developing SD Express Memory Cards, But It’s Unclear Who For
Lexar has announced that it is actively developing on the thus far unused SD Express specification to create SD memory cards that use PCI Express (PCIe 4.0) and will more than triple the speeds of current UHS-II cards, but it's not clear who these cards will work for.
Lexar’s New MicroSD Card Probably Can’t Take Advantage of Its Advertised Speed
Lexar, now owned by Longsys, has announced a new microSD memory card that is not only very affordable but also states 120 MB/s write and 160 MB/s read speeds despite only being UHS-I.
Lexar Unveils Ultra-Portable CFExpress Card Reader for Just $50
Being an early adopter of any technology usually comes with a hefty price tag, and CFExpress is no exception. The cards themselves are up to 3x to 6x more expensive than comparable SD cards, and the card readers out there can get pretty pricey on the high end. Enter Lexar.
Lexar Launches the World’s First 1TB SDXC Memory Card
Lexar has just a new SDXC memory card that packs a whopping 1 terabyte of capacity. It's the first 1TB SDXC card to be available on the market.
Lexar’s Warranty System is Being Held Up by US Govt Approval
After shuttering its Lexar memory card business in June 2017, Micron sold the brand just 3 months later to the Chinese flash storage company Longsys and now Lexar cards are back from the grave. But Lexar is still waiting for US government approval, and the brand's warranty process is at a standstill because of it.
Lexar Quits XQD Cards, Accuses Sony of Preventing Progress
Lexar has abandoned the XQD memory card format and is now focusing its attention on pushing for CFexpress as the future standard.
Lexar Memory Cards are Coming Back from the Dead
Back in June 2017, Micron announced that it would be discontinuing its entire Lexar removable storage business that included memory cards, readers, flash drives, storage drives, and more. A few months later, the Chinese company Longsys swooped in and acquired the brand. Longsys now says that Lexar will be returning from the grave.
ProGrade Digital: A New Memory Card Brand by Ex-Lexar Execs
Say hello to ProGrade Digital, a new brand of pro-grade memory cards and card readers for photographers. The company was founded by former Lexar executives who are aiming to offer the highest quality memory cards on the market.
Lexar Will Keep Making XQD Memory Cards, and CFExpress is the Future
After the shocking news in June that Lexar would be discontinuing its memory card line, the company was acquired by a Chinese flash storage company called Longsys in September. It now seems that Lexar will continue producing XQD memory cards.
Lexar Has Been Acquired by a Chinese Flash Storage Company
Back in June, Micron announced that it would be discontinuing its Lexar retail removable storage business, which makes memory cards used by photographers around the world. But now it looks like the Lexar brand will live on: it has been acquired by the Chinese flash storage company Longsys.