Sony Finalizes Backwards Compatible Memory Stick XC With 2TB Maximum Capacity

on August 5th, 2009 View Comments Printer-Friendly

Sony has finalized specifications of Memory Stick XC, which was also known back during CES 2009 as “Memory Stick Format Series for Extended High Capacity.” At that time, Sony had mentioned that this new Memory Stick would have 2TB maximum capacity, but details were rather scarce. A new page on Sony’s oss-formats.org website has listed all of the details for the Memory Stick XC, which is really exciting especially considering that the form factor for these new flash cards are (on paper) the same as pre-existing memory sticks, which means that these high capacity juggernauts are most likely backwards compatible. The entire cast and crew are back, including Duo, Micro, and the HG variants. Additionally, the XC series also uses the much more efficient exFAT file system, while the PRO series uses FAT12/16/32. The 2TB Memory Stick Duo picture used in this story is a photoshop by yours truly, but this won’t be much different than the real thing. License agreements for the Memory Stick XC are now available to interested hardware manufacturers.

Update: There seems to be some confusion amongst the Internet about this story. A 2 TB maximum capacity doesn’t mean that you will see a 2 TB Memory Stick XC next year. That is probably years away – however, it does open the door for 64GB, 128GB, etc; a natural progression to the 2 TB limit is to be expected.

The new nomenclature (to further confuse consumers):

Memory Stick XC Duo
Memory Stick XC-HG Duo
Memory Stick XC Micro (M2 XC)
Memory Stick XC-HG Micro (M2 XC-HG)

The specifications (click to enlarge):

This information is a Sony Insider exclusive, brought to you here first. Thanks to whomever anonymously sent this to us.

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digica said:

Sony i love you………

-August 5th, 2009 at 5:57 AM
Dave said:

Sick!!!

“Sony i love you………” indeed

-August 5th, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Frontliner said:

Memory Stick XD might be happening very soon. Sony recently surveyed their Frontline Research Panel about Memory Stick package designs.

-August 5th, 2009 at 4:49 PM
harryvoutour said:

hey will this card work with the psp or psp go ??????????????????????????????????

-August 6th, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Luiz Felipe said:

Não entendi, quer dizer que eles acham que conseguem fazer isso ou realmente conseguiram?
Eu êm… isso está pior que a história do PlayStation 3 no pré-lançamento, que dizia que seria muito melhor que o X-Box360, mas não é isso que vemos. =/
Mesmo assim, espero que isso tenha um custo-benefício melhor que um IPod de 160GB.

-August 8th, 2009 at 10:22 PM
Abhishek said:

2 TB memory card id really amazing. but I confused which type of material going to use and what is the range of voltage level for '0' and '1'.

-August 10th, 2009 at 9:04 PM
N1ntenOwned said:

I have to get one of these for my hacked PSP.

Every NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, GBA, GBC, TurboGrafix 16, PSP, and PSX game in existence would fit on that thing!

-August 15th, 2009 at 1:46 PM
BobbyOh630 said:

For people who have older and still working digital cameras will these new Memory Sticks work, enabling us to increase the capacity of our camera memory sticks?

-August 16th, 2009 at 2:57 PM
facebook-1033740975 said:

Well. It's amazing the possibilities of this flash memories…

-August 17th, 2009 at 8:42 AM
pspuploader said:

What Sup With Sony ? Now They Support ISOs

-September 3rd, 2009 at 8:16 PM
pspuploader said:

What Sup With Sony ? Now They Support ISOs

-September 4th, 2009 at 1:16 AM
anonymous said:

Remember share holders profits come before consumers, the rest is a marketing spin to make them look good.

If this was true, sony would still not release such media straight away, too much money to be made by continue to keep the prices up, just like petrol prices.

Only when the competitors will start to release similar media then Sony will gradually make these available to normal consumers, until that day I suspect they will make it available to some high end professional products which cost thousands of pounds.

-March 15th, 2010 at 5:13 PM
cokeup_53 said:

if i put this in my psp will my psp blow up ..lol .if i have this i would die a happy person

-April 19th, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Troy Amadeus said:

I Like Those Hardware but can you tell us when sony will sell it for public

-June 8th, 2010 at 12:28 AM
Troy Amadeus said:

I Like Those Hardware but can you tell us when sony will sell it for public

-June 8th, 2010 at 4:28 AM