INTRODUCTION

   I may be an amateur photographer (and even that mostly because i need to take pictures of everything i review) but even i can appreciate the how far memory cards have gone, not just in terms of performance but also capacity. It's no secret really that the latest Compact Flash standards (CFexpress Type A/B/C) are able to follow M.2 NVMe SSD performance numbers closely since those also use the PCIe interface so compared to regular memory cards they are anything from 10, 20 and up to 40 times faster (in many cases even faster than that). Performance aside however with all heads turned towards mechanical and solid state drives which have currently reached 22TB and 8TB capacities respectively it's easy for some people to forget that memory cards have already reached 2TB and the Professional GOLD CFexpress Type B card by Lexar is among the first and probably the fastest model to be released into the global market.

   For more than 25 years, Lexar has been a trusted leading global brand of memory solutions. Our award-winning lineup includes memory cards, USB flash drives, card readers, solid-state drives and DRAM. With so many options, it’s easy to find the right Lexar solution to fit your needs. All Lexar product designs undergo extensive testing in the Lexar Quality Labs with more than 1,100 digital devices, to ensure performance, quality, compatibility, and reliability. Lexar products are available worldwide at major retail and e-tail stores. For more information or support, visit www.lexar.com.

   The Professional GOLD CFexpress Type B line of memory cards by Lexar is currently available in 64GB/128GB/256GB/512GB/1TB/2TB capacities and is based on the PCIe 3.0 NVMe v1.3 standard with 2 lanes (Gen3x2). CFexpress Type B cards may be faster than Type A cards and slower compared to Type C cards but until the latter become available, they still hold the speed crown with performance numbers of up to 1900MB/s for reads and 1700MB/s for writes (1900 MB/s & 1500MB/s for the 2TB GOLD model i have here today). Needless to say, in order to fully take advantage of the impressive read and write performance of CFexpress Type B cards you also need a compatible USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 card and that’s exactly what I’ll be using to check and see just how fast the latest Professional GOLD CFexpress Type B 2TB card by Lexar really is.