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SSDs the size of a postage stamp coming soon

(PhysOrg.com) -- One-terabyte (TB) solid state drives (SSDs) are expected to be released in a couple of years, and they will be about the size of the average postage stamp.

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (39) | comments 18 | with audio podcast weblog

Computer chip that computes probabilities and not logic

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lyric Semiconductor has unveiled a new type of chip that uses probability inputs and outputs instead of the conventional 1's and 0's used in logic chips today. Crunching probabilities is much ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (27) | comments 19 | with audio podcast weblog

Hydra flash memory outperforms other top storage mediums

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although today flash memory is primarily used as a removable storage medium, it's currently becoming more and more appealing for a wider variety of applications. Moving beyond memory cards ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (24) | comments 11 | with audio podcast feature

Toshiba Launches 128GB Embedded NAND Flash Memory Module

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba announced today the first ever 128GB embedded flash memory chip using 32 nanometer processes. The entire design is less than 0.06 inches thick.

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 17, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

Beyond flash -- memories are made of this

(PhysOrg.com) -- The race is on for a successor to the popular 'flash' memory used in portable devices. European researchers think they have found a candidate in novel materials combined with a simple, easily ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Researchers simplify fabrication of nano storage, chip-design tools

Advances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite's potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable gate arrays that could ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

Toshiba Develops World's Highest-Bandwidth, Highest Density Non-volatile RAM

Toshiba Corporation today announced the prototype of a new FeRAM -- Ferroelectric Random Access Memory -- that redefines industry benchmarks for density and operating speed. The new chip realizes storage of ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Toshiba launches 19nm process NAND flash memory

(PhysOrg.com) -- Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has fabricated NAND flash memories with 19nm process technology, the finest level yet achieved. This latest technology advance has already been applied to 2-bit-per-cell ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Samsung's new flash chips for mobile devices

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics has announced two new flash chip storage devices for mobiles: a removable 32-Gbyte micro SD (secure digital) card and a 64-Gbyte moviNAND flash memory module. Both are ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jan 14, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Toshiba to launch 32nm process NAND flash memory

Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start shipping NAND flash memory products fabricated with 32nm process technology. Samples of the world's first 32nm generation, 32-gigabit (Gb) single chips (4 gigabytes (GB)), ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Iridium is attractive for improving flash memory chips

One of the rarest metals on Earth may be an excellent option for enabling future flash memory chips to continue to increase in speed and density, according to a group of researchers in Taiwan.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Toshiba to spend billions on new chip factory: report

Japan's Toshiba plans to spend almost nine billion dollars to build a new factory producing memory chips for mobile telephones, cameras and other electronics, a report said Wednesday.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 10, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

TDK launches eSSD series: Single chip Solid State Drives (SSD)

TDK Corporation has developed the eSSD series, a single chip 3Gbps SSD with serial ATA interface that uses multi-chip technology to integrate the TDK SSD controller GBDriver RS3 with NAND type flash memory ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Samsung Develops Advanced Packaging Technology to Achieve a 0.6mm-thick 8-chip Package

Samsung Electronics announced today that it has developed the world's thinnest multi-die package, one that measures a mere 0.6mm in height. Designed initially for 32 gigabyte (GB) densities, the new memory ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Samsung starts new chip line to boost flash memory

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it has begun mass production at a new line to raise production of flash memory chips used in tablets and smartphones.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0