14 DAY TRIAL // Embedded memory is the sort of NAND Flash storage technology that ends up in smartphones, tablets and other portable or non-portable devices that prize compactness as much as they do performance.
That is why Samsung expects to sell a lot of the new eMMC PRO storage devices, which are made on 64GB 10nm class NAND flash technology.
The capacities are more varied of course, from 16 GB to 32 GB and 64 GB, but the speeds are high on them all.
The interface speed is of 400MB/s, while the random read and write performance is of 7,000 IOPS (inputs/outputs per second).
The sequential read and write speeds don't reach the interface speed, sadly, but they are still quite high: 250 MB/s and 90 MB/s, respectively.
"With timely mass production of our ultra-fast eMMC PRO line-up offering a more than 10X performance increase over external memory cards, Samsung will accelerate the spread of high-end mobile devices as the market for devices with larger screens and more multimedia functionality expands even further," said KyongMoo Mang, vice president of memory marketing.
"We will continue to provide advanced mobile memory solutions that allow users to enjoy high definition, large-volume content seamlessly, as we also strengthen technological cooperation with mobile devices manufacturers."
The new Samsung chips illustrate the benefits of the eMMC version 5.0 standard, which has almost been completed by JEDEC.
It's certainly no small feat that eMMC PRO are over 10 times as quick as class 10 external memory cards, which read at 24 MB/s and write data at 12 MB/s.
Multitasking will definitely work better than ever. Now we just need to see Google's Android OS, Apple's iOS and Windows RT getting better at opening multiple applications in separate windows at once.
The eMMC 5.0 devices should already be shipping to interested makers of consumer electronics and other mobile/embedded devices.