Editing Memory Stick (section)

=== Memory Stick XC ===
On January 7, 2009, [[SanDisk]] and Sony announced the Memory Stick XC format (tentatively named "Memory Stick Format Series for Extended High Capacity" at the time).<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2009/2009-01-07-sandisk-and-sony-to-expand-%E2%80%9Cmemory-stick-pro%E2%80%9D-and-%E2%80%9Cmemory-stick-micro%E2%80%9D-formats
|title=Sandisk and Sony to expand "Memory stick pro" and "Memory stick micro" formats
|publisher=SanDisk
|date=January 7, 2009
|access-date=August 12, 2009}}
</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Christopher MacManus |url=http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/08/05/sony-finalizes-backwards-compatible-memory-stick-xc-with-2tb-maximum-capacity/ |title=Sonyinsider.com |website=Sonyinsider.com |date=August 5, 2009 |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> The Memory Stick XC has a maximum ''theoretical'' 2&nbsp;TB capacity, 64 times larger than that of the Memory Stick PRO Duo which is limited to 32&nbsp;GB. XC series has the same form factors as PRO series, and supports MagicGate content protection technology as well as Access Control function as PRO series does. In line with the rest of the industry, the XC series uses the newer [[exFAT]] file system due to size and formatting limitations of FAT/FAT16/FAT32 filesystems used in the PRO series.<ref name="Windows FAT32 Formatting">{{cite web|title=Windows FAT32 Formatting|url=http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Convert-a-hard-disk-or-partition-to-FAT32-format|publisher=Microsoft|access-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="SanDisk exFAT KB">{{cite web|title=SanDisk exFAT KB|url=http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3389/~/operating-systems-that-support-the-exfat-file-system|website=Kb.sandisk.com|access-date=June 28, 2012}}</ref> A maximum transfer speed of 480&nbsp;Mbit/s (60&nbsp;Mbyte/s) is achieved through 8-bit parallel data transfer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oss-formats.org/en/memorystick/outline/xc.html |title=Oss-formats.org |website=Oss-formats.org |access-date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> No Memory Stick XC cards were released to the market, likely due to domination of [[Secure Digital|SD]] cards; its equivalent here is named [[SDXC]] and eventually became more successful than any other exFAT-based memory card format.