Pretec announces SD card with 20MB/s transfer

With more than 2 times the access speed of current high speed SD 60X (9MB/sec), the Pretec SD 133X is now running at close to 20MB/sec allowing for a demanding new generation higher-resolution and higher-speed digital cameras and growing multimedia appliances. With available speed close to 20MB/sec., the Pretec Pretec 1GB 133X SD Card can transfer 1GB of 5MP high resolution digital images in under one minute.

Implementing high speed flash algorithm controller design and "Dual Channel" technology, the Pretec SD 133X offers a 16-bit bus architecture for data transfer at an accelerated rate.

The SD 133X will be available from Q2 2005 with capacities of 256MB, 512MB and 1GB.