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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
Intel says business is fine, especially in notebooks: The key message from Intel's earnings call last night: consumers and businesses are still buying lots of PCs and microprocessors despite economic woes in the U.S. The ramp of the company's latest 45nm Penryn processors, which first appeared in servers, then notebooks, and finally desktops, is impressive....; Tags: pc, nand, intel corp., notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, john morris; Blog posts 2008-04-16
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
Fusion-io: An enterprise SAN in your hand: At DEMOfall 07, Fusion-io introduced the next big thing in storage, a NAND flash PCI Express card with up to 640 gigabytes that offers performance at DRAM bandwidth, a thousand times faster than a disk drive, according to David Flynn, CTO and co-founder of the company. "The ioDrive collapses...; Tags: san, nand, fusion-io, storage area networks (san), storage, hardware, dan farber; Blog posts 2007-09-25

Which supercomputers rule?: Which supercomputers rule?You may be right. But it doesshow that Linux is a very high quality OS.I run Linux and Windows both. They both do what I need them to do.Is it significant that the 'nix OS's rule super computing? Probably not. But it does show...; Tags: linux, operating systems, wccs, nand, supercomputer; Discussion threads 2007-06-27
Apple subnotebook needed: If blogs are any indication, there's a clear and strong demand for an Apple subnotebook/ultra-portable which is popularly defined as a notebook computer weighing less than four pounds typically without an optical drive.In addition to the almost constant rumors about a new Apple subnotebook, Apple enjoyed strong sales of the...; Tags: flash, nand, rumor, ssd, subnotebook; Blog posts 2007-05-16
Intel Santa Rosa chips destined for MacBooks: Intel Santa Rosa chips destined for MacBooksI almost bought a MacBook Pro a few months ago...I almost bought a MacBook Pro a few months ago when the LED LCD rumor started making the rounds. Decided I'd hold off until WWDC and it looks like it might pay off. ...; Tags: microsoft windows vista (longhorn), notebooks, carnegie-mellon university, berkeley, sun microsystems inc., apple macbook, microsoft windows vista, status symbol, intel corp., graphics, nand, apple inc., chip; Discussion threads 2007-05-10
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, flash memory, memory, microsoft windows, semiconductors, hardware, components, operating systems, software; 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, workload, association for computing machinery, nand, flashdb, storage, memory, databases, hardware, semiconductors, components, enterprise software, software, data management; 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
Intel to recast flash?: Intel’s reorganization hasn’t happened in a flash. The chipmaker, which announced last September that it would cut 10,500 jobs, in addition to paring down its non-essential businesses to cut costs and become more efficient, continues to work through the plan. Now the company is preparing to unveil a new plan...; Tags: memory, semiconductors, intel corp., intel&rsquo, s, nand; Blog posts 2007-01-16
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., presentation, 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
Toshiba, SanDisk confirm plans for $5.2 billion NAND plant: Toshiba, SanDisk confirm plans for $5.2 billion NAND plant$5.2 billion thousand million? That's a lot of dough.As a chip-maker executive remarked in the late 1980s, "commodity chips are not for faint hearts or shallow pockets."; Tags: nand, sandisk corp., toshiba corp.; Discussion threads 2006-08-04
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
Average selling price for NAND memory to fall at 43% a year: The storage debate between NAND flash memory and hard disk drives HDDs for the portable consumer electronics market will continue and likely increase with price disparity decreasing over the next 4 years, IDC believes. NAND memory average selling price is expected to decrease at a 43% compound annual growth rate...; Tags: nand; Blog posts 2005-11-30