Sony Announces CFexpress Type-A Memory Card

Sony

has announced the world’s first CFexpress Type-A memory card, in both, 80GB and 160GB, (CEA-G80T and CEA-G160T) as the most recent addition to Sony’s Tough specification cards.

Both variants use the latest flash memory-control technology to achieve write speeds as high as 700MB/s and read speeds as high as 800MB/s, reducing buffer clearing time.

The memory cards are equipped with a heat sink to transfer heat generated by the card to the exterior when transmitting large amounts of data at high speed, using Sony’s original alloy with thermal conductivity. This enables users to record for long periods of time even when recording 4K 120p video internally. Keeping up with Sony’s ‘Tough’ specifications, the new CFexpress Type A memory cards feature bending and impact resistance as well as IPX7 water ingress protection and an

IP5X dust ingress protection for enhanced durability. Additionally, Sony’s Memory Card File Rescue data recovery software allows users to recover accidently deleted raw images and 4K video from memory cards while its Media Scan Utility software will be updated to support CFexpress Type-A cards, allowing users to diagnose and receive a warning before the number of read/write cycles approaches the card’s limit.

The CFexpress Type-A/SD card reader (MRW-G2) provides SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps transfer speed, via its USB Type-C connector. The MRW-G2 card reader can be used with CFexpress Type-A and SDXC/SDHC (UHS-I and UHS-II) memory cards. The CFexpress Type-A memory cards will be available in September 2020 at a retail price of USD 199.99 for CEA-G80T and USD 399.99 for CEA-G160T, respectively, while the MRW-G2 card reader will be available at a retail price of USD 119.99.