Huawei has also been barred from the SD Association

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The latest organization to take Huawei out as a member is the SD Association, a trade group that helps standardize SD and microSD card specs. The group confirmed that the Chinese company was taken out because of Trump’s executive order. What this means is future Huawei phones and laptops wouldn’t get official SD or microSD card support. Of course, these devices can still work. But the company won’t be able to use the standard for future products.

The SD Association joins a growing list of companies and groups to cut ties with Huawei. At the moment, we list down Google, ARM, Intel, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and the Wi-Fi Alliance. According to the Nikkei Asian Review, Huawei has also voluntarily left the JEDEC, which is a semiconductor standards group known for defining RAM specifications.

SD Association launches 4k-ready SD card

At the moment, 4K video capture is generally limited to professional level equipment and a few mobile devices. However, the SD cards in regular cameras can’t take the large amount of pixels needed for 4k videos. So, SD Association launched the Ultra High Speed Class 3 card format, which is capable of at least 30 MB/s. Now, we just have to wait for devices that are U3-capable.