| Intel's Memory Joint-Venture, to Be Approved Next Week |
 | Numonyx, Intel's flash-memory joint-venture with semiconductor expert ST Microelectronics is set to be approved early next week. According to the two companies, the flash memory venture will be funded in collaboration with investment company Francisco Partners LP.
The official joint announcement is scheduled for March 31st, when the two companies are set to give further details about the total investment, manpower, resear ... [read more >>] |
| 28 March 2008, 18:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Intel Might Phase Out Its NAND Flash Business |
 | Intel was one of the first companies to understand the advantages of flash memory and the role it would play in technological development. Its first flash-based product dates back in 1988 and had the size of a cardboard box, but it offered no less than 256 KB of NOR flash storage. Now, analysts think that Intel will leave its flash business behind, as it has become less and less profitable.
Intel has switched from the older NO ... [read more >>] |
| 18 January 2008, 03:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Toshiba's Double Tunneling – The Quest for 100 Gb Flash Storage |
 | Toshiba unveiled on Wednesday that they have developed a new design process that will become a key component in building high capacity Flash storage devices. This approach is named double-tunnel layer technology and it involves using a thin layer of silicon nano-crystals that stores information between a pair of tunnel oxide layers.
Apart from the sandwich structure, there is a nitride layer that actually holds the electrons ... [read more >>] |
| 13 December 2007, 09:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
