Korean conglomerate Samsung is going to enter the market memory cards. In the nearest plans of the manufacturer ─ issue a number of cards SD, MicroSD and Compact Flash (CF). Samsung collaborates with the company Kondor to launch a range of proprietary memory cards premium, presumably, under the name Samsung 'Plus'. The world market for NAND flash memory this year will be about $ 12mlrd, and, according to analysts, from 2008 to 2011, this market will double to more than double. Company Samsung wants to take a piece of the pie.

"The market of memory cards continues to grow leaps and bounds, as users need for additional space in smartphones and other mobile devices", ─ "said Stefanie Summerfield (Stefanie Summerfield), director of business development at Samsung. According to Summerfield, the opportunities and experience of Samsung in the memory technologies make it an ideal candidate for creating additional premium storage to devices such as smart phones and high-performance digital cameras. "Our cards also give consumers greater reliability they expect from products of Samsung Semiconductor", ─ she added.

For more attractive devices will be sold in a metal or rough housing in the case of beige "natural" color. The manufacturer promises to provide users with read speed up to 17Mb / s for SD cards up to 45Mb / s for CF. This is not the first output of Samsung memory cards on the market. The company currently sells the Samsung memory card without marking, other companies have applied to their label and sell under their own brands. Soon the market will appear the first memory card with the logo of Samsung. According to the company, the new cards shockproof, waterproof and protected against magnetic interference. CF cards come in 4GB and 8GB capacity, and SD card, valued at Class 6, will appear in versions of the 4GB, 8GB and 16GB.

Memory Cards Samsung first appear on the markets of Germany, France and Britain, and in the near future will come to the markets of other countries. Prices for the new memory cards are not announced, but given the thrust of the manufacturer of premium-class, probably, these cards will not be cheap.