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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

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

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

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

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

Moving microfluidics from the lab bench to the factory floor

In the not-too-distant future, plastic chips the size of flash cards may quickly and accurately diagnose diseases such as AIDS and cancer, as well as detect toxins and pathogens in the environment. Such lab-on-a-chip ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Semiconductor revenue up 31 percent: Gartner

Worldwide semiconductor revenue grew by 31 percent last year and Intel held the top spot for the 19th consecutive year although its market share dipped slightly, technology research company Gartner said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | 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

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

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

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

S. Korea's Hynix swings to red in Q4 on poor demand

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest maker of memory chips, said Thursday it swung into the red in the fourth quarter as chip prices fell on weak demand for personal computers.

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Seoul approves Samsung's new investment in China

South Korea on Wednesday approved Samsung Electronics' plan to build a new plant in China to produce high-tech memory chips used in tablets and smartphones, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said.

Technology / Business

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung to build flash memory chip line in China

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, said Tuesday it would build a new production line in China for flash memory chips used in tablets and smartphones.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

EU approves Samsung-Seagate hard disc business sale

European anti-trust regulators approved Wednesday the sale of Samsung Electronics' hard-disc-drive business to US firm Seagate Technology for $1.375 billion (995 million euros) in cash and stock.

Technology / Business

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0