SmartMedia
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SmartMedia was a type of flash memory card popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, used primarily in digital cameras and portable devices before being supplanted by newer formats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SmartMedia canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9000388 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SmartMedia Context triple: [Memory Stick, competition, SmartMedia]
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A.
SanDisk
SanDisk is a prominent data storage brand known for its flash memory products such as SD cards, USB drives, and solid-state drives.
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B.
SD memory cards
SD memory cards are compact, removable flash storage devices widely used in cameras, smartphones, and other portable electronics for data storage and transfer.
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C.
LaCie
LaCie is a premium computer storage hardware brand known for its stylish, design-focused external drives and professional storage solutions.
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D.
Synamedia
Synamedia is a video software and security company that provides solutions for pay-TV operators and streaming providers to deliver, protect, and monetize their content.
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E.
SDHC
SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) is a type of SD memory card format that supports higher storage capacities (typically 4GB to 32GB) and faster data transfer rates than standard SD cards.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SmartMedia Target entity description: SmartMedia was a type of flash memory card popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, used primarily in digital cameras and portable devices before being supplanted by newer formats.
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A.
SanDisk
SanDisk is a prominent data storage brand known for its flash memory products such as SD cards, USB drives, and solid-state drives.
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B.
SD memory cards
SD memory cards are compact, removable flash storage devices widely used in cameras, smartphones, and other portable electronics for data storage and transfer.
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C.
LaCie
LaCie is a premium computer storage hardware brand known for its stylish, design-focused external drives and professional storage solutions.
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D.
Synamedia
Synamedia is a video software and security company that provides solutions for pay-TV operators and streaming providers to deliver, protect, and monetize their content.
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E.
SDHC
SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) is a type of SD memory card format that supports higher storage capacities (typically 4GB to 32GB) and faster data transfer rates than standard SD cards.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
flash memory card format
ⓘ
removable storage medium ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
SSFDC
ⓘ
Solid State Floppy Disk Card ⓘ |
| dataTransferMethod | 8-bit parallel interface ⓘ |
| designedFor | low-cost implementation ⓘ |
| earlyCapacities |
16 MB
ⓘ
2 MB ⓘ 32 MB ⓘ 4 MB ⓘ 64 MB ⓘ 8 MB ⓘ |
| fileSystemSupport |
FAT12
ⓘ
FAT16 ⓘ |
| formFactor | thin card ⓘ |
| governingBody | SSFDC Forum ⓘ |
| hasContactType | exposed gold contacts ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
3.3 V SmartMedia card
ⓘ
5 V SmartMedia card ⓘ |
| height | 45 mm ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Toshiba ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| lacks | on-card controller ⓘ |
| marketRegion | global ⓘ |
| maxCapacity | 128 MB ⓘ |
| peakPopularityPeriod |
early 2000s
ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ |
| powerSupplyVoltage |
3.3 V
ⓘ
5 V ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
PDAs
ⓘ
audio recorders ⓘ digital cameras ⓘ portable electronic devices ⓘ |
| requires | host-based flash management ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| storageTechnology | NAND flash memory ⓘ |
| successorStandard | xD-Picture Card ⓘ |
| supplantedBy |
CompactFlash
ⓘ
Memory Stick ⓘ
linked to:
Memory Stick (on older models)
SD card ⓘ Secure Digital ⓘ xD-Picture Card ⓘ |
| thickness | 0.76 mm ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
storing digital photos
ⓘ
transferring files between devices ⓘ |
| usedInBrand |
Fujifilm digital cameras
ⓘ
linked to:
Fujifilm
Olympus digital cameras ⓘ Toshiba digital cameras ⓘ |
| voltageKeying | notch position indicates voltage ⓘ |
| width | 37 mm ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SmartMedia Description of subject: SmartMedia was a type of flash memory card popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, used primarily in digital cameras and portable devices before being supplanted by newer formats.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Memory Stick (on older models)