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Hardware
JMicron NAND Flash Controller Could Slash SSD Prices By 50%
4:00AM Jack Loftus | JMicron is preparing to debut its new NAND flash controller at Computex, and with it the company intends to boast it can slash SSD pricing by 50% in time for the holiday season. More »
Hardware
Samsung Ships First 32GB moviNAND Chips (Translation: More Storage In Your Pocket, Sooner)
7:45PM John Herrman | They’re not the first major manufacturer to ship 32-gigabit NAND chips, nor are they the first to sell 32-gigabyte embedded cards. But they are the biggest, which means this step could have huge, fantastic consequences. More »
Hardware
Toshiba Flash Chips Doubled to 32GB, Good for PMPs, Mobile Phones
7:05PM Kit Eaton | Toshiba has announced it’s beefing-up its line of NAND flash storage chips to 32GB sizes. The new package combines eight 4GB 43-nanometer chips into one—double the previous generation’s capacity—and is specifically aimed at the portable device market. Since it can be dropped into existing slots, manufacturers have to make no specific changes to accommodate the new chips. Toshiba, of course, doesn’t name its clients, but suffice it to say Apple is on the list. The new chips will be available as samples in September, with bulk production starting soon after. [Electronista] More »
Entertainment
8:18AM Nick Broughall | Now that the war is over, you may be wondering what the future will hold for Toshiba. You may not, too, but yesterday at the local press event for HD DVD’s demise, Toshiba’s Australian General Manager Mark Whittard dropped some pretty big hints as to which direction Toshiba will be looking to move post-HD DVD. And as you could imagine, it isn’t Blu-ray.
He cited that one of the major influences in Toshiba’s decision to pull the plug, outside of Warner and Walmart’s decision to turn their backs on the format, was the rapidly growing demand for downloadable entertainment. The market for online content was growing faster than Toshiba had expected, and had severely reduced the lifespan of both next-gen disc formats.
Toshiba’s Sneak Peek At The Future
8:18AM Nick Broughall | Now that the war is over, you may be wondering what the future will hold for Toshiba. You may not, too, but yesterday at the local press event for HD DVD’s demise, Toshiba’s Australian General Manager Mark Whittard dropped some pretty big hints as to which direction Toshiba will be looking to move post-HD DVD. And as you could imagine, it isn’t Blu-ray.
He cited that one of the major influences in Toshiba’s decision to pull the plug, outside of Warner and Walmart’s decision to turn their backs on the format, was the rapidly growing demand for downloadable entertainment. The market for online content was growing faster than Toshiba had expected, and had severely reduced the lifespan of both next-gen disc formats.
Press
Ultrafast NAND Memory Reads 200MB per Second
7:03PM Gizmodo US Edition | Micron and Intel have co-developed a new 8-gigabit SLC NAND chip, which has data-read speeds of 200 MB/second and write speeds of 100 MB/second: five times faster than previous SLC NANDs. The 50nm-process node devices are available as samples to OEMs now, with bulk manufacturing planned for late this year. This means that sometime soon we’ll have access to memory cards and SSDs for our cameras and laptops that are way speedier than existing ones, though you might expect insanely high prices for that speed hike—especially since SLC is expensive in the first place. [BusinessWire] More »
Hardware
Samsung Creates Even Denser NAND Tech, 128GB Flash Memory Cards Coming in ‘09
2:10AM Charlie White | Samsung startled us this morning with its latest technological feat, creating a 16-gigabit memory chip that will allow the company to make a 120GB flash memory card. It’s a techno-achievement that’s the equivalent of a million angels dancing on the head of a pin. Don’t be planning to stuff a 128GB flash card and that HD camcorder of yours yet, though, because Samsung says it won’t be cranking out anything like that until 2009. [Crave] More »
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Samsung Claims 100% Meeting Customer Demand, Despite Claims to the Contrary
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | Samsung stated that they were going to fully meet customer demand for NAND flash memory on August 7, but Taiwanese manufacturer PQI and often-innacurate Digitimes are poo-pooing on that for some reason. PQI claims that prices will go up and they will benefit from it, even while Samsung mostly works in long-term contracts with big clients like Apple and PQI market share is tiny. More »
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