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Western Digital Shows New Super Speeds and Massive Capacities for M&E Workflows

The increasing demand for rich and engaging content, with higher resolutions and more frames per second, is generating the need for faster, more flexible high-capacity storage solutions to help streamline workflows and keep up with high-pressure project demands.
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For every step of the workflow – from capture and transfer to archive – Western Digital is committed to advancing technology to help professionals and creators get work done faster and more efficiently, ultimately saving time and money, so they can focus on their creativity.  

Advancing Tomorrow’s Workflow: Next-Gen Technology Speeds & Capacities  

Driving the future of performance, Western Digital revealed its next-gen SanDisk® SD and microSD Express portfolio earlier this year. The cards offer a higher level of performance for current and future applications requiring faster storage solutions that help reduce the time it takes to access and save data. With performance levels reaching SSD speeds, SD Express cards work with current SD UHS-I and UHS-II devices, while giving M&E professionals a memory solution for future superspeed devices. The new SD Express cards feature SanDisk® ThermAdapt™ technology with a specially designed enclosure and adaptive thermal managed controller, so devices stay well within a safe temperature range. The microSD Express cards can already be purchased at the Western Digital store and the SanDisk SD cards are expected to be available at authorized retailers, e-tailers and the Western Digital store this fall.  

M&E professionals who create high-resolution videos with state-of-the art cameras, action cams, drones, and other digital devices, can be limited if they don’t have sufficient storage capabilities. To help pros evolve their creative process, Western Digital also announced earlier this year the world’s first 2TB* SanDisk Extreme PRO® SDXC™ UHS-I memory card that offers massive storage capacity to capture more high-resolution images and record more 4K UHD videos on just one card. In addition, Western Digital’s first and world’s fastest 2TB UHS-I microSD card allows devices with microSD slots to capture more content than ever. The 2TB memory cards are expected to be available at authorized retailers, e-tailers and the Western Digital store this fall.   

Furthermore, Western Digital showcased its ground-breaking, high-capacity, high-performance flash-based consumer products for the first time in August. The company introduced the world’s first SanDisk® 4TB* microSDUC™ UHS-I card and world’s first SanDisk® 8TB* SDUC™ UHS-I card, built for tomorrow’s smartphones, gaming devices, drones, cameras and laptops. In addition to this, the company demonstrated super-sized SSDs, like the first-ever 16TB* portable SSD proof of concept, and a preview of the upcoming 16TB* SanDisk® Desk Drive, featuring unprecedented space and performance to keep up with the ever-growing creation and consumption of rich and engaging content.

Enhancing Workflow Efficiency: More Possibilities with Massive Capacities & Extreme Performance 

SanDisk Professional’s award-winning lineup of premium-grade solutions now features massive capacity products to better support demanding 4K, 8K and VR workflows. The 96TB* G-RAID SHUTTLE 4, for example, is a transportable 4-bay hardware RAID solution that allows for super-fast access and real-time video editing. This device ships in RAID 5, and supports RAID 0, 1 and 10 configurations. For those who need even more storage capacity, whether on location or in studio, the transportable 8-bay G-RAID SHUTTLE 8 offers 192TB. It supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 configurations, and provides transfer rates up to 1690MB/s read and 1490MB/s write in default RAID 5.

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