News tagged with flash memory storage

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

Scientists watch a next-generation ferroelectric memory bit switch in real time

For the first time, engineering researchers have been able to watch in real time the nanoscale process of a ferroelectric memory bit switching between the 0 and 1 states.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Thin drives -- the next generation of portable memory

Tablets are fast becoming the media device of choice nowadays for work and play, particularly with the advent of iPads and the Samsung Galaxy Tab into the mobile device market. With a volume of 19.5 million ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 14

New 'FeTRAM' is promising computer memory technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far less power than flash memory devices.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

All-flash enterprise storage startup ready (and funded) for battle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pure Storage has announced it has raised $30 million in a new round of funding for its cost-cutting storage system that uses flash memory only. This is its C-round of funding, which brings ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Phase change memory-based 'moneta' system points to the future of computer storage

A University of California, San Diego faculty-student team is about to demonstrate a first-of-its kind, phase-change memory solid state storage device that provides performance thousands of times faster than ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (14) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Seagate to buy Samsung's hard disk drive business

Seagate is buying the hard disk drive business of Samsung in a $1.38 billion deal that also gives the South Korean electronics manufacturer a nearly 10 percent stake in Seagate.

Technology / Business

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New data storage method optimized

Increasingly more memory on increasingly smaller surfaces; the storage capacity on mobile equipment is improving every day. Johan Engelen from the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 17, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

ThumbDrive inventor out to prove he is no one-hit wonder

Henn Tan could have ruled the global market in what became the ubiquitous USB flash drive that helped consign the floppy disk to the dustbin of technological history.

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 12

Micron unveils innovative flash memory devices that extend the life of NAND

Micron Technology, Inc. today introduced a portfolio of high-capacity flash memory products that will lengthen the life of NAND for years to come. By integrating the error management techniques in the same NAND package, the ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Samsung, Toshiba to Support New Standardized NAND Specification for High-performance Applications

Samsung Electronics and Toshiba today announced their commitment to development of the most advanced high-performance NAND flash memory technology available today - a double data rate (DDR) NAND flash memory with a 400 megabit-per-second ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Samsung Announces New High-performance NAND Memory -- 30nm-class, 8 Gigabit OneNAND Chip

Samsung Electronics today announced availability of an eight gigabit (Gb) OneNAND chip that takes advantage of advanced 30 nanometer (nm) class process technology.

Electronics / Hardware

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

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

Fujitsu Develops New NOR Flash Memory Macro

Fujitsu Microelectronics today announced the development of new flash memory macro that enables NOR flash memory circuits to achieve high-speed read operations while operating at low power currents.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

SanDisk Announces iNAND Embedded Flash Drive Line

SanDisk Corporation today announced that the SanDisk iNAND Embedded Flash Drive (EFD) product line offers new performance enhancement features that go beyond the existing e.MMC 4.4 specification. The new features improve ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0