Format "war" coming in pro-level flash memory?

From what I've been able to glean from the various press reports and technical sites, CFast 2.0 has a theoretical maximum speed of 600MB/s (same as the so-called SATA 6; 4000X for you CF users). The cards are the same physical size as CF. They use the standard SATA connector for data, but a different connector for power.

XQD 2.0 has a theoretical maximum speed of 1GB/s (~6700X). The cards are smaller than CF.

Since Nikon put XQD in their D4, you could hear crickets in the XQD market space until Lexar announced their 1100X XQD card this year.

Personally, I wouldn't put a whole lot of stock behind which memory manufacturer is aligning with which specification. They will adapt quickly to the market. The game will be decided by the manufacturers responding to consumers.

But, on that front, it is interesting that Sony has not yet put XQD in any of their cameras!

cool, maybe i can get some extreme pro CF's at deep discounts

travisvwright wrote in post #16469356
If format wars and sony are being talked about it seems disingenuous to reference VHS/Beta rather than HDDVD/BluRay. Sure Sony lost one and one the other but Sony of today is much closer to the BluRay winner than that Beta loser.

And if Sony doubles-down in the same manner as with Blu-ray, expect that your grandkids will have only ever heard of "Sony" from stories told by you.