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

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

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.

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 ...

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.

XQD memory cards achieves stable continuous shooting of RAW images and blazing fast data transfer rates (up to 1Gbps; 125MB/s, write and read) through the PCIe interface. A unique controller and ...

The new Sony cards are based on the XQD memory card specification, which the CompactFlash Association recently approved and licensed as an open format. With its ultra high write-speed performance, and ...

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.

The first XQD cards from Sony will cost $130 for the 16 GB model and $230 for the 32 GB model. And of course early adopters will need adapters and readers, and in Sony’s case that’s an extra $50.