About the SD Association

The SD Association is a global ecosystem of technology companies charged with setting industry standards and encouraging the development of consumer electronics, wireless communication, and digital imaging and networking products that utilize the market-leading benefits of SD technology.

Established in 2000

Panasonic, SanDisk Corporation and Toshiba Corporation established the SD Association in January 2000 as a new industry-wide organization setting industry standards to promote SD product acceptance in a variety of applications. Today, the SD Association has approximately 1,000 members involved in the design, development, manufacture or sale of products using SD technology.

As the de-facto industry standard, SD technology is used by more than 400 brands across dozens of product categories and in more than 8,000 models.

The small, postage stamp-sized memory cards are the most popular storage cards in the world.

Membership

Membership in the SD Association provides up-to-date information on the complete SD specifications, allowing members to develop products and solutions designed to the standard and compatible with other SD devices.

Members have the opportunity to participate in SD Association activities such as committees and working groups, helping advance the technology of the industry's leading memory card and host device standard.