M2

M2
Memory Stick Micro
Sony Corporation announced in September, 2005, that in cooperation with SanDisk Corporation will start the development of the third form factor memory card in the Memory Stick family, after Memory Stick PRO and Memory Stick PRO Duo. The new much smaller, among the smallest on the market, Memory Stick Micro will have about one-fourth the size of Memory Stick Duo. Memory Stick Micro or M2 will be introduced in the first half of 2006 and is aiming to be used mostly in mobile phones and ultra small portable devices.



The Memory Stick Micro will be based on the PRO platform, which is used by both Memory Stick PRO and Memory Stick PRO Duo cards, meaning that it will offer high storage capacity and high transfer speed in a much smaller physical format. The only difference from the PRO cards will be the fact of having lower operating voltage through being dual-voltage. This will meet the demand from the electronics manufactures for lower power consumption contributing to longer lasting battery life for mobile phones and other portable electronic devices.

Memory Stick Micro cards will come with a Memory Stick PRO adaptor making them compatible to all Memory Stick PRO slots.






Introduced 2006

Association Sony Corporation


Dimensions in mm/inch (H x W x D) 15 x 12.5 x 1.2 - 0.59 x 0.49 x 0.05

Storage capacity




Storage capacity in

Data transfer speed



Read
Up to 20 MB/sec – 133 X

Write Up to 18 MB/sec – 120 X

Copyright protection Yes - MagicGate

Write protection switch No

Operating voltage 1.8 V and 3.3V

Remarks This memory card is not availible yet.

Employed by Mobile phones

Adapters Memory Stick PRO

Expansion modules – I/O Yes

Memory card durability
Memory card reliability