Memory Stick
The
proprietary Sony Memory Stick was
first introduced by Sony in October 1998
and is a flash memory card used with Sony digital cameras and other Sony
products. Sony released several models of the Memory Stick including the
Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick Micro
(M2), and Memory Stick PRO-HG. The capacity of the Memory Sticks range in sizes of
4MB to 256GB, with a theoretically maximum capacity of 2TB, but they have
not been produced in that capacity to date.
Today, Sony digital cameras use SD and SDHC memory cards and with no new cards being released since 2010 they will most likely be discontinued. In the picture to the right, is some examples of the different types of Sony Memory Sticks.
- The Memory Stick, Memory Stick Select and Memory Stick PRO have physical dimensions of 50mm x 21.5mm x 2.8mm.
- The Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick PRO Duo, and Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo have a physical dimensions of 31mm x 20mm x 1.6mm.
- The Memory Stick Micro (M2) has physical dimensions of 15mm x 12.5mm x 1.2mm.
Tip: The term "memory stick" is also used to describe RAM, USB jump drive (flash drive), and other compact flash.
Also see: Memory cards, Memory definitions