Memory Stick

Developed in 2000 by Sony and Scandisk, memory stick is a memory used primarily in digital cameras. Almost exclusively manufactured by Sony, the method of transmission is standard. The standard dimensions are 50.0 mm (width) x 21.5 (Height) x 2.8 (thickness) mm.

Based on a flash memory series, the box included the ram, and the controller.

There are several types of stick:

1. Standard version: transfer rate of 19.6 Mb / s maximum, 14.4 Mb / s in general.
2. Pro Version: incompatible with previous version, with a higher speed transfer, up to 160 Mb / s maxium: (15 Mb / s standard).
3. Magic Stick Duo: derived from the basic version but allows for greater capacity always using 4 lines of communications. It detects only half capacity when used with a standard controller. The Pro Duo version is based on the Pro version.
4. The Magic Gates version differs only in data protection by encryption.
5. Version Pro-HG Duo HX release early September 2008 it uses an 8-bit bus with a transfer rate of 20 MB / s read and 15 MB / s write, to compared with 30 MB / s when the SD 200X.

The current capacity reached 16 GB in Pro Duo versions.

Other types of memory used in portable devices are SD and SDHC, CompactFlash and XD-Picture.