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- Intel debuts 34nm NAND flash SSDs; lowers prices 60%
- Intel on Tuesday announced that it is moving to a more advanced, 34-nanometer manufacturing process for its NAND flash-based solid-state drives. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the SSDs up to 60 percent for computer manufacturers and consumers thanks to...
- Tags: NAND Flash, I/O, NAND, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Memory, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Micron begins mass production of 34nm NAND flash memory
- Micron Technology on Tuesday announced mass production of new 16- and 32-gigabit NAND flash memory chips using 34-nanometer process technology, another step toward more robustly-featured mobile devices, including phones, MIDs, digital cameras, camcorders and netbooks. Micron's new 32Gb multi-level...
- Tags: NAND Flash, Micron Technology Inc., Memory Card, Memory, Lexar Media Inc., NAND, Chip, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Dell Solid State Disk (SSD) Drives: Storage Solutions for Select PowerEdge Servers
- Dell recently introduced the industry's fastest Enterprise class storage medium, Solid State Disk Drives SSDs in select Power Edge servers. Solid State, the use of NAND Flash as a storage medium versus traditional rotating disks, is not a new idea. Consumer electronics have made use of NAND Flash at small...
- Tags: Dell PowerEdge Server, NAND Flash, Dell Computer Corp., Disk, Disk Drive, Solutions Inc., Storage, Server, NAND, Dell PowerEdge, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Apple hoarding NAND flash memory, 32GB iPhone here I come!
- Apple hoarding NAND flash memory, 32GB iPhone here I come!pure supply and demand.. i dont see a problem with that.The big cable/phone providers were doing it back in 2001 with fiber cabling. You had to wait months to get it because they were buying everything they could get their...
- Tags: Flash memory, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, NAND Flash memory, memory, NAND flash, NAND
- Discussion threads 2009-04-09
- Apple hoarding NAND flash memory, 32GB iPhone here I come!
- DigiTimes reports that Apple has purchased 100 million 8GB NAND flash chips from Samsung and others and that it's constricting supply for other smaller players in the market. So much so that downstream suppliers are worried about a supply shortage. What good are 8GB chips you ask?...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, NAND Flash, Apple Inc., NAND, Flash Memory, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- What memory technology is Samsung after?
- Samsung Electronics recently made public its $5.8 billion offer for SanDisk, a major manufacturer of memory cards. There are plenty of possible business motives behind this bid including the hefty royalties that Samsung pays to SanDisk to use its flash technology, and SanDisk's strong retail brands and distribution. But I'll...
- Tags: 3D, NAND Flash, SanDisk Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NAND, Technology, Toshiba Corp., Cell, Chip, Flash Memory, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Samsung ships 128GB SSDs with cheaper flash memory
- Samsung announced today that it has begun manufacturing 64GB and 128GB SSDs based on a less-expensive type of NAND flash known as MLC. The company also said it was still on track to deliver a 256GB version by the end of this year. Samsung has been shipping...
- Tags: NAND Flash, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NAND, Laptop Computer, SSD, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- MB86R01 NOR/NAND Flash Type Limitations
- This paper explains the technical reasons for the inability of the MB86R01 'Jade' to operate with external NAND flash devices. Flash memory devices, as non-volatile memory that is used for storing data and programs in an external location, come in two flavours like NOR flash devices and NAND flash devices....
- Tags: NAND Flash, Device, Fujitsu Ltd., NAND, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2008-04-06
- NAND flash demand to increase by 130% in 2008
- Demand for NAND flash is expected to increase by 130% YTY, according to DRAMeXchange. Supply bit growth is expected to be 130-140% in 2008. Demand from mobile handset makers is expected to increase by just over 10% YTY to be worth $1.23 bln. MP3/PMP devices will grow by 20% to...
- Tags: NAND Flash, NAND, Worth, Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-13
- MacBook nano rumors swirl (again)
- It's been exactly forever since people have been wishing for a ultra-portable Mac. Ever since the first Mac portable if you can call it that people have been asking for something smaller, thinner and lighter. According to a story at AppleInsider Apple is preparing a "grand introduction"...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Macintosh, NAND Flash, NAND, Apple MacBook, Desktops, Memory, Notebooks, Components, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Flash Memory Technology Direction
- A number of key new computing system initiatives - including Windows Vista ReadyBoost and Windows ReadyDrive technologies - exploit the performance, economy, power efficiency, and high reliability of NAND Flash memory. System designers implementing NAND Flash-based traditional Hard Disk Drives HDDs or newer Hybrid Hard Drives HHDs and Solid State...
- Tags: NAND Flash, NAND, Memory, Flash Memory, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-05-02
- FlashDB: Dynamic Self-Tuning Database for NAND Flash
- FlashDB is a self-tuning database optimized for sensor networks using NAND flash storage. In practical systems flash is used in different packages such as on-board flash chips, compact flash cards, secure digital cards and related formats. The experiments reveal non-trivial differences in their access costs. Furthermore, databases may be subject...
- Tags: NAND Flash, Database, Workload, Association For Computing Machinery, NAND, FlashDB, Storage, Memory, Flash Memory, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2007-04-27
- Intel releases NAND flash "drives"
- Intel releases NAND flash "drives"Only 4 to 8 GB?You have [i]got[/i] to be joking. I have around 160 GB of storage on 2 disk drives on my notebook right now. I really need something along the lines of 250 to 500 GB to carry my "office" with me from one...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, storage, notebook, NAND, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Corp., NAND flash, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- Intel releases NAND flash "drives"
- Intel today jumped into the NAND flash drive market with the announcement of their Z-U130 solid state "drives" SSDs. The new Z-U130 drives are based on NAND flash memory and feature USB 2.0/1.1 interfaces. Intel's Z-drives are different than SanDisk's 32GB 1.8-inch SSD that I blogged...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Solid State Disk, Intel Corp., Hard Drive, NAND Flash, NAND, Z-U130
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
- Apple's flash-based MacBook
- AppleInsider is reporting that Intel plans to incorporate NAND flash memory into its next-generation notebook platform. This would enable Intels clients like Apple "to develop systems that are twice as fast in some operations yet sustain longer battery life." At the Intel Developer Forum IDF in March Intel mentioned that...
- Tags: Apple Computer Inc., Apple MacBook, notebook, NAND
- Blog posts 2006-09-29
- Open NAND Flash Interface: The First Wave of NAND Standardization
- This presentation discusses problems Open NAND Flash Interface ONFI was formed to solve. The presentation discusses ONFI roadmap and opportunities to get involved and provides final technical details of ONFI 1.0 specification.
- Tags: NAND Flash, NAND, Intel Corp., Standardization
- Presentations 2006-09-27
- Samsung boosts NAND flash memory capacity
- Samsung boosts NAND flash memory capacityNano, nano, nano . . .or something like that.Bigger capacity flash-based media players.Or smaller.Or both.Eventually.Announced by Apple just before Christmas shoppin season starts.Bye-bye, harddrive based players. Soon.
- Tags: Memory, memory capacity, NAND flash, NAND, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-11
- NAND flash up 30.2% in Q3 2005
- Micron, Hynix and Renesas Technology all exceeded the growth of the NAND flash memory market in Q3 2005, which moved ahead 30.2% QTQ, according to iSuppli. Samsung claimed 50.2% of the $2.97 bln market for NAND flash in Q3 2005.
- Tags: Q3 2005, NAND flash, NAND
- Blog posts 2006-03-17
- NAND market in 2005: Samsung - 52.9%, Toshiba - 21.9%, Hynix - 12.7%
- Hynix posted NAND flash memory revenue of $1.38 bln 2004, up from $221 mln in 2004, according to iSuppli. Toshiba secured the number two spot with revenue of $2.38 bln, giving it a market share of 21.9%, above Hynix's 12.7%. iSuppli said Micron Technology had the fastest growth of all...
- Tags: NAND
- Blog posts 2006-02-13
- NAND flash to grow at 18% a year in 2006-2010
- NAND flash is expected to post revenue growth of 18% a year for the next 5 years, iSuppli says.
- Tags: Memory, NAND flash, NAND
- Blog posts 2005-09-19
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