The company Microsoft has declared a fresh licensing program for its technology Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT). The latest adaptation of the file system, Microsoft, called ExFAT, offers a "significant" step forward in terms of size of files that can be stored on a broad range of consumer electronic devices, as well as the speed with which they may be available. "This explosion in the use of files with audio and video quality", ─ Kefer said David (David Kaefer), general manager of IP licensing at Microsoft. ─ "exFAT is an ideal file system that provides a fast and reliable use of audio and video files. This is an important technology in Windows 7, and now that we are licensing the technology on an industrial scale, we want to encourage and support partners in developing products, which are also include this technology. "

In fact exFAT is a new version of the famous file system FAT, but exFAT can significantly increase the size of files that can be stored in a device based on flash memory, a 32GB to 256Tb. According to Microsoft, memory card Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) will now be able to reach its maximum data transfer rate up to 300MB / s. "ExFAT file system supports large volumes, large files and better organization of data on disk", ─ says James Taylor (James Taylor), president of SD Association. ─ "and the plan on the SD Association specification SDXC, providing fast transfer rates, support for very large files and transfer data between devices without delay. We expect to incorporate this technology into our products."

Microsoft has already signed licensing agreements exFAT with Sony, Canon and Sanyo. SanDisk has also approved the adoption of exFAT file system for use in the new Ultra-drives.