Secure Digital (SD) Cards - SD Speed Class/UHS Speed Class
There are two kinds of Speed Class, "Speed Class" and "UHS Speed Class."
As a characteristic of flash memory, actual transfer speed varies. Variable speeds are difficult to reliably record streaming content such as video because it requires a constant writing speed. Speed Class and UHS Speed Class provide the constant speed necessary for video recording by designating a minimum writing performance so that minimum and constant speed is guaranteed for camcorders, video recorders and other devices with video recording capabilities under the conditional write operation specified in the specification.
Speed Class, designated as Class 2, 4, 6 and 10, is designed for normal and high speed bus interface (mode) and UHS Speed Class 1 is designed for UHS-I bus interface*. (Speed Class and the UHS Speed Class are not compatible.)
*UHS (Ultra High Speed), the fastest performance category available today, defines bus-interface speeds up to 104 Megabytes per second for greater device performance in SDXC and SDHC host products.
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Class |
Operable Under... |
Applications |
SD Memory Card |
| Speed Class |
C2 |
Normal Bus I/F |
SD video recording |
SD, miniSD, microSD |
| C4,C6 |
HD ~ Full HD video recording |
SDHC, miniSDHC, microSDHC |
| C10 |
High Speed Bus I/F |
Full HD video recording |
SDXC, microSDXC |
| HD still consecutive recording |
| UHS Speed Class |
UHS1 |
UHS-I Bus I/F |
Full higher potential of recording real-time broadcasts and capturing large-size HD videos |
SDHC UHS-I and SDXC UHS-I |
