Exascend Nitro Is the World’s First VPG400-Certified CFexpress Type B Card
Exascend has announced the new 512GB Nitro CFexpress Type B card which is the first to be certified VPG400 by the CompactFlash Association (CFA).
The Video Performance Guarantee Profile 4 (VPG400) rating ensures the minimum write speed while recording video is at least 400MBps without dropping any frames. Exascend says the card offers sustained read and write speeds of 1,850MBps and 1,700MBps, respectively, which are also the maximum. As it stands, no current cameras can even output data that fast, with the highest throughput current topping out at 850MBps, but having room for growth should make this card a little more future-proof than others.
The company says that in testing, the Nitro cards were able to record for 21 minutes and 20 seconds without dropping frames thanks to that sustained read and write performance. Exascend doesn’t compare itself to other CFexpress Type B cards, but instead to CFexpress Type A cards because they are the only other ones on the market that also have VPG400 certification. Two unnamed brands of CFexpress Type A 160GB and 80GB capacities could only manage 6 minutes and 40 seconds and 3 minutes and 20 seconds respectively.
The Nitro card is also IP67-certified and it features a next-generation-ready CFexpress controller and ultra-thin graphene heat spreaders. It also has shock resistance (MIL-STD-810G), electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection, an X-ray proof design, and protection against damage from magnetism. The Nitro CFexpress is Exascend’s flagship CFexpress series card.
Exascend has also developed a brand-new 20 Gbps CFexpress reader in tandem with Nitro CFexpress to enable very fast offloading of footage. The new Exascend CFexpress card reader can offload footage from a full Nitro CFexpress in under five minutes. The high-speed CFexpress reader also allows users to upgrade their Nitro CFexpress cards to unlock even higher performance when the next generation of the CFexpress standard launches in the future.
Exascend’s VPG400-certified and IP67-rated Nitro CFexpress are launching at the end of April in one capacity: 512 GB. No pricing information was provided. The company says that additional capacities will be available soon.
More info on Exascend’s website.
