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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why are they making yet another format when we already have SD Express? They could have just made one that supports PCIe 4 or 5 and speed wouldn't be an issue.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From the article:

To put that in context, the new MicroSD Express cards that work with the Nintendo Switch 2 top out at a theoretical 985MB/s, less than a third the speed. And while a full-size SD Express card could theoretically beat Mini SSD at 3,940MB/s, it would be nearly twice the size of Biwin’s creation.

So: because it's smaller.

Why would you read the article when you could just complain in the comments?