SanDisk reveals the first 16TB external SSD and 8TB SD card

Western Digital’s SanDisk plans on launching the first 8TB secure digital (SD) card and 16TB external solid-state drive (SSD).

SanDisk will soon have the world’s first 4TB microSDUC, 8TB SD card and 16TB external SSD. This was announced at the Future Memory and Storage Conference (FMS2024). Both the microSDUC and SD cards will have read speeds up to 100MB/s.

There is no official pricing yet for these storage devices, but with the SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-I is priced at around USD 139.00PHP 8,157INR 11,780EUR 132CNY 1,012, we should expect these future devices to come with a heavy price tag. Official launch dates have yet to be revealed too.