Panasonic today announced the development of the world's first 32 Gigabyte (GB) SD High Capacity (SDHC) Memory Card with Class 6 speed specification, perfect for recording High Definition video. With the ability to store up to eight hours of High Definition video, the 32GB SDHC Memory Card prototype will be showcased at the 2008 International CES in Las Vegas from January 7-10 at the Panasonic booth #9405.

The newly developed card, featuring a massive 32GB of capacity is ideal
for AVCHD High Definition video recording, which is experiencing growing
demand with the recent expansion of High Definition SD Camcorders. With
double the storage capacity of the current 16GB card, the 32GB card is able
to record approximately eight hours of 1440 x 1080i High Definition video
and approximately five hours and 20 minutes of 1920 x 1080i full High
Definition video. With the Class 6 speed specification and maximum data
transfer speeds up to 20MB/s, the 32GB card allows users to enjoy superb
performance and high- quality recording.

The card is also equipped with a new user-friendly labeling feature,
which allows users to write titles or comments directly onto labels on the
front and back of the card. Panasonic is planning to introduce the new
labeling feature in its other SD Memory Card models, with a running
changeover from the current card designs in spring 2008.

The arrival of Panasonic's 32GB model further strengthens its Pro High
Speed line-up which currently has five models available: 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB card sizes with the Class 6 speed specification.

Source:Panasonic press release