We find out how the new Sony XQD Memory Card performs compared to the fastest Lexar 1000x Compact Flash card.

Sony UK has launched the XQD S Series of memory cards which are said to outpace Compact Flash in sustained read/write data transfer.

In other words, nothing to worry about for a couple years and by the time it arrives, your current computer's 27-in-1 flash card bay will have XQD. Read more at PC Mag, or the fantastically ...

Similar in size to an SD card, XQD is capable of faster read and write speeds than both SD and traditional Compact Flash cards.

A new memory card technology emerges in the form of XQD. Lexar sent over its 64GB Professional XQD for review. It's got amazing speed and price.

But there’s something else that stands out about the D4: it’s the first digital camera to use the new XQD flash memory card format (it will also support CompactFlash cards). And Nikon wasn’t the only ...

New and faster cards also require a faster card reader and Lexar released the Professional Workflow XR2 XQD 2.0 USB 3.0 reader at the same time.

If you’re a professional photographer and/or videographer working with RAW images and 4K video saved to XQD 2.0 cards, you’ll want to read about Lexar’s new reader!

A unique controller and optimized flash memory enables high-speed data processing, resulting in faster write speed and performance that can't be achieved by conventional compact flash cards.

Last month, the Compact Flash Association announced the next-generation XQD memory card format was forthcoming in early 2012.

Lexar has announced it will be producing an XQD memory card and reader. The new format was introduced last year and has had a slow uptake.

The high-end but nascent memory card format gets a big boost from one of the major manufacturers of flash cards. Also: a fix is in for Lexar's USB 3.0 reader on new Macs.