SD Standard and Bus Interface

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                       
     

SD Memory Card

SD Express Memory Card

Pin LayoutPCIe Gen.4x2

PCIe Bus Interface

PCIe Gen.3x2

PCIe Gen.4x1

PCIe Gen.3x1


SD Bus InterfaceUHS-IIIUHS-IIUHS-I

UHS-I

UHS-I

High Speed

High Speed

High Speed

Capacity (file system)
Ultra
Capacity

ExtendedCapacity

HighCapacity 

FAT File System            ­­ 





(2GB or less)(Over 2GB to 32GB)(Over 32GB to 2TB)(Over 2TB to 128TB)

SD Memory Card Formatter           ­          ­      ­    

   ­SD/SDHC/SDXC
WindowsWindows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 Version 1511, Windows 10 Version 1607, Windows 10 Version 1703,
Windows 10 Version 1709, Windows 10 Version 1803, Windows 10 Version 1809, Windows 10 Version 1903, Windows 10 Version 1909,
Windows 10 Version 2004, Windows 10 Version 20H2, Windows 10 Version 21H1, Windows 10 Version 22H2 (All 32/64-bit),Windows 11 Version 21H2 (64-bit)
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks,
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite,Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, macOS 10.12 Sierra,
macOS 10.13 High Sierra, macOS 10.14 Mojave, macOS 10.15 Catalina, macOS 11 Big Sur, macOS 12 Monterey

Mac OS

Note: If you have a Mac with Apple silicon, e.g. M1, you might be asked to install Rosetta in order to open the SD Memory Card Formatter.

Linux OS

Debian 10, x86_64, Debian 11, x86_64, Debian 11, ARM64/ Ubuntu 20.04, x86_64/ Raspberry Pi OS, ARM64 2022-04-07/
Fedora 35, x86_64, Fedora 35, ARM64/ Arch Linux, 2022.06.06 (5.17)

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Capacity& Form Factor

File System

2020-2023

Bus Interface

Speed ClassOthers

SD & microSD Express PCIe Gen.4 x 1 LaneSD Express PCIe Gen.3 & 4 x 2 LaneSD Express
Speed Class

Secure/Fast BootTCG Storage Security

Ver. 9.10 (2023)
Ver. 9.00 (2022)
Ver. 8.00 (2020/2023)

RPMB

Replay Protected Memory Block(Ver.8.00)(Ver.8.00)(Ver.9.10)

SD & microSD Express PCIe Gen.3 x 1 Lane

2018~2019Ver. 7.10 (2019)Ver. 7.00 (2018)

Trusted Computing Group®

(Ver.7.00)(Ver.9.00) *1

Low Voltage Signaling(Ver.7.00)(Ver.7.00)(Ver.6.00)(Ver.7.10)

2016~2017

App Performance Class

Ver. 6.00 (2017)
Ver. 5.10 (2016)
Ver. 5.00 (2016)(Ver.5.00)(Ver.5.10)(Ver.6.00)(Ver.6.00)

2011~2013
Ver. 4.20 (2013)

Ver. 4.00 (2011)(Ver.4.20)(Ver.4.00)

2000 ~ 2010
Ver. 3.01 (2010)(Ver.3.00)(Ver.4.00)(Ver.4.20)(Ver.3.00)(Ver.3.01)

Ver. 3.00 (2009)
Ver. 2.00 (2006)

Ver. 1.20 (2005)Ver. 1.10 (2004)(Ver.3.00)(Ver.2.00)(Ver.2.00)(Ver.3.01)(Ver.2.00)

Ver. 1.01 (2000)(Ver.1.01)(Ver.1.20)(Ver.1.01)(Ver.1.01)(Ver.1.10)(Ver.2.00)*1 Targeted for embedded or semi-embedded applications supporting through SD Intereface and/or PCIe interface (SD Express) cards.
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