Samsung Electronics America, the leader in advanced memory technology, today introduced the latest iteration of its EVO Select and EVO Plus microSD cards, designed for mobile devices and handheld gaming consoles. The Samsung EVO Select and EVO Plus microSD cards boast increased transfer speeds of up to 160 MB/s, a 23% increase over their predecessors. They offer a turnkey way for everyday users and gamers to add storage space to their devices for content like games, files, photos, and videos.

"With the mobile and handheld gaming market on the rise, we sought to make data transfers on those devices even faster with these updated EVO Select and EVO Plus lines," said Jose Hernandez, Senior Director of Memory Product Marketing at Samsung. "We also heard the need for more space options like a 1 TB memory card for digital files like games, video footage from phones, cameras and drones, photos, and creative designs. With this addition to the lineup, you can be confident you'll have plenty of space, fast speeds and the durability needed to last for years to come."

Samsung Electronics America, the leader in advanced memory technology, today unveiled upgrades to its PRO Plus memory cards, designed for professional and enthusiast photographers, videographers, and content creators. The Samsung PRO Plus microSD and full-size SD cards boast increased read and write speeds of up to 180 MB/s and 130 MB/s, a 12 percent and 8 percent increase, respectively, over their predecessors.

Optimized for professional use, the new PRO Plus microSD and SD cards allow users to seamlessly capture 4K ultra-high definition (UHD) and Full HD (FHD) videos and photos. The cards also support a video speed class rating of V30, enabling professionals to quickly move large video files while editing. Available in capacities up to 512 GB, Samsung memory cards provide ample storage for up to 207,159 4K UHD photos or 30 hours of 4K UHD video.[1] Professionals need memory cards that make it easy to save and retrieve data, while also safeguarding their valuable images and video files. With the additional Samsung Card Reader supporting USB 3.0 and providing backward compatibility with USB 2.0, consumers can use Samsung memory cards on any device with a USB port.

NVIDIA has today launched the latest addition to its data-centric graphics card lineup, called A2 Tensor Core GPU. The company envisions the A2 Tensor Core GPU as an entry point of accelerators that power machine learning and artificial intelligence at the edge. It is based on Ampere architecture and built on Samsung's 8 nm node. The GPU has GA107 GPU with 1280 CUDA cores enabled, where the full GA107 has 3072 cores. This GPU has only 1280 CUDA cores because it is configured as a low-power, low-profile body with a configurable TBP (total board power) of 40-60 Watts, depending on the customer use case.

It directly replaced the previous generation T4 accelerator, an edge device, and promises to bring 20-30% higher performance in the same power envelope. As far as memory, it has 16 GB of GDDR6 memory running on a 128-bit bus and 200 GB/s memory bandwidth. The GPU core clocks at 1440 MHz base and 1770 MHz boost frequency, which outputs 4.5 TeraFLOPs of FP32 compute. A2 represents a significant upgrade over the previous T4 because it offers a 60% better price to performance ratio and 10% better power efficiency than the last generation. Overall, this release represents an excellent upgrade for customers that need basic AI processing at the edge, and no, gaming is not supported on these as video output is disabled.