Flash Memory

Computing

Apple Spending Tons Of Cash On Israeli Super Memory

12:35AM December 21, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Israeli financial paper Calcalist reports Apple has thrown down some serious stacks to acquire Anobit, a flash memory firm. But the purported $US400-500 million (!) buyout isn’t just for any memory firm — Anobit says its memory’s faster and cheaper. More »


Computing

128GB NAND Chips Promise SD Cards With Terabytes Of Storage

3:40PM December 7, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Mobile phones have taken another step towards becoming full-fledged pocket computers with an announcement by Micron and Intel. Get ready to carry even more of your digital life on your phone. More »


Flash Memory May Be 10,000 Times Faster In Just 3 Years

12:49AM October 14, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Most mobile devices today use NAND flash memory. It’s fast! But ReRAM – a joint project of Sharp and Elipa – promises to be 10,000 times faster. And they say they can commercialise it by 2013. What’s that mean for you? More »


Repost: Giz Explains SSD

12:46AM August 13, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Seagate and Samsung, giants of hard drives and flash memory, respectively, will work together to develop technologies for SSD storage devices. Now would be a fine time to brush up on (and covet) the great solid-state drive. [Giz]


Samsung 20nm NAND Flash Memory Being Tested

9:07PM April 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Samsung’s following up its 30nm NAND chips from 2007 with even smaller 20nm ones. Write-speed is 30 per cent faster than the previous cards, supposedly, and are being tested in up to 64GB SD cards before they’re rolled out properly. More »


Brain-Like Memristors Could Revolutionise Memory Chips At The Atomic Level

2:00AM April 12, 2010 | Jack Loftus

The brainiacs at H.P. think they’ve discovered a way to replace transistors with technology that will shrink chips to the atomic scale. Emphasis on “brain”. More »


Life Inside A Flash Factory

1:30AM February 4, 2010 | Mark Wilson

Intel and Micron are growing their latest 25nm flash memory in this new production facility. PC Perspective gives us a tour of this strange world where men wear cleanroom suits, lest they contaminate the robots. [PC Perspective]


Gadgets

Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)

5:20PM December 1, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Apple Said to Be Bullying, Giving Wedgies to Flash Memory Makers…Legendary German Camera-Maker Launches Really Boring Digital Cameras…ClearPlay’s Upscaling 1080p DVD Player Allows High-Definition Censorship…Survey of Android App Developers Reveals Unhappiness With Sales… More »


Samsung’s New Flash Memory Chips Will Cause Gadget Shrinkage

5:00AM November 7, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

With a thickness of only 0.6mm, Samsung’s newest NAND chips are practically anorexic, but for once that’s a good thing. Thinner chips like these could bring smaller gadgets and hopefully also lead to lower SSD prices. More »


Phase-Changing Memory Is Closer To Market And Might Just Kill Flash

11:31AM October 30, 2009 | Rosa Golijan

Phase-changing memory looks great. It’s supposed to combine the non-volatile nature of flash-based memory with the fantastic speed of DRAM. Now Intel and Numonyx are teasing with advancements in stacking memory layers, news that brings denser PCM closer to markets. More »