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The era of 1TB microSD cards has begun

nerpderp82 8y ago
There is roughly 2k hours of lecture in a 4 year degree (15 credit hours * 11 weeks * 3 quarters * 4 years) ~> 1980 hrs. At high quality 500MB/hr this is 990GB. This is worst case, so a 1TB memory card has more than enough space to store the lecture portion and possibly extra tutorials for a 4 year degree. These cards will be less than $50 in 3 years.
- tracker1 8y ago
  I have SERIOUS doubts as to your price projections. Even IF it somehow magically becomes less expensive to actually produce, and completely recoup investment costs for design/production/test in 3 years, it's still subject to economics. Meaning if most people are willing to pay hundreds, it will cost hundreds.
  - nerpderp82 8y ago
    256GB is currently $50. Getting to 1TB @ $50 in 3 years seems inline with historical rates.
    - ksec 8y ago
      You are asking for a 4x drop in GB/ Prices in 3 years. How is that inline with any historical rate. And completely ignored the fact that we got 256GB to this price point was a recent avalanche in NAND prices. Cheapest 512 GB Cost ~$100, 1TB being top dog, lower yield is RSP ~$400. I would be surprised if these MicroSD were sub $100 in 3 years time.
faebi 8y ago
I am always surprised how small the microSD cards are. It gets even more extreme when you have a 10 year old harddisk next to it. At the same time it can hold most of my data.
whereables 8y ago
1,000 minutes (16 hours, continuous capture) of fully spherical, ultra wide angle fisheye HD video, for VR playback. A lot of the new, wearable 360 action cameras consume 1GB per every minute of recording, at 5K.
maguirre 8y ago
I had never used SD cards as much as I have used them since working with RPis, at the same time I have never felt less sure about their reliability. I don't think I feel comfortable using them as a secondary storage in my laptop. Does anyone else share this reliability concern?
- zamadatix 8y ago
  As a cheap primary boot device on a low end computer which experiences frequent power loss, has a horrible power supply, and is commonly overclocked too much no, I'm not really comfortable it'll be reliable. As a high cost secondary storage device on a laptop or in a camera yes, it's pretty darn reliable.

There is roughly 2k hours of lecture in a 4 year degree (15 credit hours * 11 weeks * 3 quarters * 4 years) ~> 1980 hrs. At high quality 500MB/hr this is 990GB. This is worst case, so a 1TB memory card has more than enough space to store the lecture portion and possibly extra tutorials for a 4 year degree. These cards will be less than $50 in 3 years.

tracker1 8y ago
I have SERIOUS doubts as to your price projections. Even IF it somehow magically becomes less expensive to actually produce, and completely recoup investment costs for design/production/test in 3 years, it's still subject to economics. Meaning if most people are willing to pay hundreds, it will cost hundreds.
- nerpderp82 8y ago
  256GB is currently $50. Getting to 1TB @ $50 in 3 years seems inline with historical rates.
  - ksec 8y ago
    You are asking for a 4x drop in GB/ Prices in 3 years. How is that inline with any historical rate. And completely ignored the fact that we got 256GB to this price point was a recent avalanche in NAND prices. Cheapest 512 GB Cost ~$100, 1TB being top dog, lower yield is RSP ~$400. I would be surprised if these MicroSD were sub $100 in 3 years time.

faebi 8y ago

I am always surprised how small the microSD cards are. It gets even more extreme when you have a 10 year old harddisk next to it. At the same time it can hold most of my data.

whereables 8y ago

1,000 minutes (16 hours, continuous capture) of fully spherical, ultra wide angle fisheye HD video, for VR playback. A lot of the new, wearable 360 action cameras consume 1GB per every minute of recording, at 5K.

maguirre 8y ago

I had never used SD cards as much as I have used them since working with RPis, at the same time I have never felt less sure about their reliability. I don't think I feel comfortable using them as a secondary storage in my laptop. Does anyone else share this reliability concern?

zamadatix 8y ago
As a cheap primary boot device on a low end computer which experiences frequent power loss, has a horrible power supply, and is commonly overclocked too much no, I'm not really comfortable it'll be reliable. As a high cost secondary storage device on a laptop or in a camera yes, it's pretty darn reliable.