SD cards for your digital device For years, Secure Digital cards have been the most popular form of flash memory used to store files on digital devices. They’re most often associated with ...

SAN RAMON, Calif., May 20, 2025 -- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SD Association (SDA) is celebrating the 25 th anniversary of the venerable SD memory card launched in 2000 and its long history of improving ...

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Hint: it doesn't stand for SanDisk. In fact, SD stands for "Secure Digital," and these little memory cards were originally designed not for photos and videos, but for music.

In 2000, card speeds were around 12.5MB per second. Modern cards using the SD Express standard can reach nearly 4GB per second, a speed improvement of more than 300 times.

SAN RAMON, Calif. — SD Association (SDA) is celebrating the 25 th anniversary of the venerable SD memory card launched in 2000 and its long history of improving the lives of billions of people ...

Progress & Innovation: SD Memory Card Statistics The first SD card sold in 2000 provided just 8 megabytes of storage capacity, whereas today’s SDUC or microSDUC cards offer 4 terabytes of ...