14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung Electronics has announced today the shipment of its first 32GB moviNAND, the highest density embedded memory card that has been designed using Samsung's next-generation 30nm process technology. The new product will enable phone and mobile consumer electronics vendors to improve the performance and capacity of their upcoming devices, consequently allowing users to store larger amounts of multimedia content, including videos, games and other similar files. Following Samsung's announcement, phone manufacturers are expected to announce their updated products, taking advantage of the new 30nm 32GB moviNAND from Samsung.
“The unquenchable consumer thirst for possessing large amounts of data is now embracing video in a big way, which in turn means rapidly escalating demand for higher density storage,” said Jim Elliott, vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. “Samsung has taken the lead in providing OEMs with the highest density flash storage produced using the most cost-efficient process technology around – 30 nanometers.”
According to Samsung, the new 32GB moviNAND manages to double the capacity of the previous generation of moviNAND embedded memory cards, taking advantage of the company's new 30nm manufacturing technology. Samsung's previous generation of moviNAND embedded memory cards is currently produced using 40nm technology and delivers a maximum of 16GB of storage capacity.
Available in capacities of 16GB, 8GB and 4GB, Samsung's new 30nm-based moviNAND has been designed to incorporate eight Samsung 30nm-class 32GB NAND chips, a multimedia card (MMC) controller and firmware. According to the company, its new moviNAND uses a high-speed interface that has been jointly developed by JEDEC and MMCA (MultiMediaCard Association).
The demand for 32GB NAND flash used in 32GB and higher memory cards is expected to grow significantly by 2013, according to research firm iSuppli. As the numbers show, about 72 percent of the total cards shipped will be used in 32GB or higher memory.