Memory Stick

The memory stick by SONY of Japan first developed mobile storage media. The memory stick it in the SONY PSX series console, PMP, digital camera, digital camera, SONY Ericsson mobile phone, and notebook, used for storing data, equivalent to computer's hard drive.

introduction

The memory stick also called MS card, is a kind of can remove type of flash memory card format storage equipment, made by the SONY corporation, and in October 1998 launch market; It was also summarized the whole with what the Memory card series. This series including with what PRO (allow better maximum storage capacity and faster transmission speed), with what what Duo (with small format version, including PRO Duo Duo), and smaller than with Micro (M2) what. The memory stick family very huge, species are also many, generally divided into the following kinds: the blue memory stick commonly known as "the blue bar", is to use most of the memory stick, often used as a digital camera and a digital camera with copyright protection function, more for SONY's digital walkman, "With what Pro" is a kind of new release soon Memory Stick specifications, there is no Chinese name, it not only and white as have copyright protection function, and fast capacity is as high as 32GB; "With what DUO" is the Memory Stick family most small volume, it can pass adapters and Memory Stick interface compatibility, it also cent two kinds of blue and white, blue called "DUO", what with white called "with MAGICGATE", have what PRO copyright protection function and capacity are bigger also.

Development outline

SONY has always been independent personality contributed to the birth of the memory stick. The gum type storage device can almost in all SONY av products in general. The memory stick appearance light, and has fully diversified functions. It's extremely high compatibility and unprecedented "general storage media" concept for the future high-tech personal computer, television, telephone, digital cameras, video cameras and portable personal audio-visual equipment providing a new generation more high-speed, higher capacity of digital information storage and exchange medium. In addition to exterior cabinet, high stability and copyright protection function and convenient to use for all the memory stick series product characteristics outside, the memory stick advantage lies in the SONY introduced by using the technology of products such as DV video camera, digital camera, VAIO personal computers, color printers, Walkman, IC recorder, LCD TV, etc., and the PC card converters, the 3.5-inch floppy disk converters, parallel export converter and USB devices such as attachment makes reading all memory stick can be easily realized with PC and Macintosh connection.

SONY's memory stick out, samsung, love China, sanyo, casio, Fujitsu, Olympus, sharp and so on a series of company has expressed this format support. SONY currently still searching for household electronic industry and the IT industry to format the memory stick of identity. Sony will in the future to put more representative memory stick newest development of product introduction to the domestic market. The memory stick faults one is only in the SONY digital camera use, 2 it is to capacity is enough. SONY, on the memory stick on the basis of reduced volume to about 1/3, design and manufacture a memory stick Duo, envelop dimensions is only 31 x 20 x 1.6 mm, weight also narrowed doubled, to 2 grams, this is very similar, and xD card is very easy to carry. This memory stick Duo very convenient application in relatively small cell phones and digital cameras, and various mp3 player, and other electronic products. For obtaining larger capacity and higher speed, SONY introduced a new memory stick PRO, this is by SONY and Sandisk company joint exploration, exterior volume is the memory stick all did not change, but can realize 8GB capacity, vintage devices will not be able to use the new type of memory stick PRO, but now produces have memory stick PRO slots of digital products can decentralization, the use of traditional memory stick. The memory stick PRO except serial transmission

Besides, still support parallel transmission, to achieve a variety of data transmission and reception at the same time. In parallel transmission mode, data to more than 160Mbps (one-half) speed, make real-time dynamic image recording DVD quality become possible. With the high-speed, memory stick PRO can also support the upcoming broadband era bring advanced solutions. The memory stick PRO no blue bars and white stripes cent, all the memory stick PRO possess all copyright protection function. March 2003, in the memory stick PRO based on design and manufacture a memory stick PRO Duo, is a kind of is the remembrance of the past great Duo new support parallel interface of the improved product. The memory stick PRO Duo will all memory stick PRO advanced functions packaged compressed into Duo format. It USES a higher density of superposition technique.

The memory stick Pro Duo except serial transmission outside still support parallel transmission, to 160Mpbs (theoretically the maximum number of) the speed of data transmission. This media response broadband era senior application more and more USES, provide quick, simple to copy high resolution digital image, and large capacity demo data method. The memory stick allows recorded a copyright content and the high-speed data transmission, in a broad range of products within the territory of the maintain high compatibility, including small mobile device. By connecting adapter, it can also be applied to compatible standard size memory stick products.

Memory stick use

Initial with what offered the most 128MB capacity, and with what the Select allow two tickets to 128MB capacity of card within. Contain 8GB capacity, with what already in 2006 was held in Las Vegas international consumer electronics show in the announcement, but according to SONY's material, with the largest possible capacity for what PRO 32GB.

Generally speaking, with what is used for portable device as storage media, in order to remove the way to be PC access. For example, SONY using a digital camera with Sticks to store the image file. With what card reader with (typically a USB or other connecting mode connect the tiny box), with home not be put sne digital camera received computer and copy the picture. With what are in digital camera with SONY music player home, digital, PDA, mobile phones, PSP, and other devices and SONY VAIO personal computers with what already contains slot.

In addition to copy image files from the digital camera outside, with home still can copy any type of file to the memory stick inside or the files from the memory stick inside duplicated. Also have on market PCMCIA, CompactFlash or 3.5 "save floppy disk interface card reader. Compatibility, older MS card can read in a new device used, (shorter with what Duo plus a adapter can use). But, with what PRO and with what PRO not usually Duo in older read device used.

The memory stick is SONY exclusive development of standard, third-party manufacturers have SanDisk and Lexar. Although it is SONY sole support standards, the memory stick or than other sole support flash storage formats is longer.

characteristics

In addition to exterior cabinet, high stability and copyright protection function and convenient to use for all the memory stick series product characteristics outside, the memory stick advantage lies in the SONY introduced by using the technology of products such as DV video camera, digital camera, VAIO personal computers, color printers, Walkman, IC recorder, LCD TV, etc., and the PC card converters, the 3.5-inch floppy disk converters, parallel export converter and USB devices such as attachment makes reading all memory stick can be easily realized with PC and Macintosh connection.

The memory stick out, samsung, love China, sanyo, casio, Fujitsu, Olympus, sharp and so on a series of company has expressed this format support. SONY currently still searching for household electronic industry and the IT industry to format the memory stick of identity. Sony will in the future to put more representative memory stick newest development of product introduction to the domestic market.

The memory stick faults one is only in the SONY PSP digital camera and use, 2 it is to capacity is enough.

SONY, on the memory stick on the basis of reduced volume to about 1/3, design and manufacture a memory stick Duo, envelop dimensions is only 31 x 20 x 1.6 mm, weight also narrowed doubled, to 2 grams, this is very similar, and xD card is very easy to carry. This memory stick Duo very convenient application in relatively small cell phones and digital cameras, and various mp3 player, and other electronic products.

For obtaining larger capacity and higher speed, SONY introduced a new memory stick PRO, this is by SONY and Sandisk company joint exploration, exterior volume is the memory stick all did not change, but can realize 8GB capacity, a vintage devices will not be able to use the new type of memory stick PRO, but now produces have memory stick PRO slots of digital products can decentralization, the use of traditional memory stick. The memory stick PRO except serial transmission besides, still support parallel transmission, to achieve a variety of data transmission and reception at the same time. In parallel transmission mode, data to more than 160Mbps (one-half) speed, make real-time dynamic image recording DVD quality become possible. With the high-speed, memory stick PRO can also support the upcoming broadband era bring advanced solutions. The memory stick PRO no blue bars and white stripes cent, all the memory stick PRO possess all copyright protection function.

style

Size: 50 x 21.5 mm x 2.8 mm, weighed 4 grams. Using refined eye-catching blue shell (new MG for white), and has the write-protect switch. And many Flash Memory with different, with what standard is open, without what standardization organization. Adopted Sony their appearance, agreement, physical format and copyright protection technology, must use its specification and Sony negotiation must be signed permission. With what also includes a controller, including using 10 needle interface, the data bus for serial, can reach the highest frequency 20MHz, voltage of 2.7 fell to 3.6 volts, current average for 45mA. You can tell the specifications and almost the same time of pretty similar skillfully. March 2003, in the memory stick PRO based on design and manufacture a memory stick PRO Duo, is a kind of is the remembrance of the past great Duo new support parallel interface of the improved product. The memory stick PRO Duo will all memory stick PRO advanced functions packaged compressed into Duo format. It USES a higher density of superposition technique.

The memory stick Pro Duo except serial transmission outside still support parallel transmission, to 160Mpbs (theoretically the maximum number of) the speed of data transmission. This media response broadband era senior application more and more USES, provide quick, simple to copy high resolution digital image, and large capacity demo data method. The memory stick allows recorded a copyright content and the high-speed data transmission, in a broad range of products within the territory of the maintain high compatibility, including small mobile device. By connecting adapter, it can also be applied to compatible standard size memory stick products.