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Israeli news outlets are confirming that Anobit has been acquired by Apple, as previously rumored by the technology media. Anobit is a NAND Flash designer whose technology is key to improving storage in Apple’s iPhones and iPads, as well as Macs. Globes reports that the Cupertino, California-based Apple itself... |
11 January 2012
03:23 GMT |
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Apple’s $500 million acquisition of NAND Flash designer Anobit will translate into a number of key improvements for the next generation of iPhones, including increased storage capacity, faster access of music and video, a slimmer design, and perhaps even a slimmer price tag.
All this according to an analysis b... |
23 December 2011
14:31 GMT |
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The rumored Apple-Anobit acquisition is indeed going down, according to an Israeli newspaper that reports on the $500 million buyout today.Via All Things D comes word that Apple and Anobit have signed the papers by which the Cupertino giant gains full access to the latter’s flash memory technologies.Apple relie... |
20 December 2011
08:27 GMT |
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An Israeli paper reports that Apple is very much interested in buying a fabless semiconductor company that specializes in flash storage in the country. The purchase price is said to be in the $400-$500 million range.Tech news blogs and sites are pointing to a Calcalist report saying that the Cupertino company relying... |
13 December 2011
05:11 GMT |
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Chinese tech industry sources are saying that Apple is slowly reducing its dependency on Samsung for key hardware parts, as tension between the two keeps building up, amid their ongoing patent lawsuits.The sources in question reportedly learned that Apple has recently increased its DRAM and NAND Flash orders beyond S... |
22 September 2011
11:41 GMT |
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VIA Labs has just launched its second generation USB 3.0 to NAND single-chip controller for flash drives which is expected to double the performance of its predecessor while also allowing hardware makers to build cheaper USB 3.0 Flash storage devices.
This new controller is based on a quad-channel design with supp... |
29 July 2011
03:15 GMT |
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Even though Apple is a key player in expanding the market for NAND flash, the Mac maker’s new iCloud service could cause demand for the memory to drop considerably, IHS iSuppli reports.The analytics firm foresees that free storage of songs and other types of media on iCloud will decrease the need for local stor... |
18 July 2011
13:01 GMT |
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Intel is working on developing a new series of enterprise class solid storage disks that will be compliant with the ONFI 3.0 standard and that will drop the current TSOP NAND packaging, common for today's SSDs, in favor of BGA NAND Flash.
TSOP stands for Thin Small-Outline Package and this technology has been... |
4 May 2011
16:01 GMT |
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Consumers and enterprise users who thought that wiping sensitive data of an solid state disk is as simple as erasing such information for an HDD are in for a shock as researches have show that NAND flash cells are much more resilient than their platter-based counterparts to commonly used secure erase methods.This wou... |
23 February 2011
07:10 GMT |
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Scientists have just announced that they managed to create a new device that could blur the line between volatile and non-volatile memory, allowing them to replace both types of storage found inside the computer (RAM and SSDs) with a single component.
The devices are called dual-floating gate field effect transist... |
26 January 2011
15:31 GMT |
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SSDs are starting to become the storage solution of choice for notebook manufacturers as well (just think of the latest ultra-thin, ulta-portable computing system from Apple, the MacBook Air), and for this reason, Toshiba announced the development of the Blade X-gale SSD series, an innovative new form factor in high ... |
8 November 2010
02:06 GMT |
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The Solid State Drive industry is moving at an accelerated pace, with new players joining the market as new technologies provide them with an option to develop faster, more efficient and more affordable SSDs. Intel is one of the industry's innovators, having already launched two generations of SSDs, designed fo... |
17 December 2009
04:20 GMT |
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The holiday season is almost here and some of you have probably been looking for ways to improve your computer's performance, by upgrading to some of the latest hardware solutions on the market. One way to do that is to equip your PC with one of the latest solid state drives, available on the market. On that no... |
19 November 2009
03:33 GMT |
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OCZ Technology, one of the world's leading vendors of Flash-based storage solutions and memory products, announced today a partnership with SandForce, which will enable OCZ's next- generation of mainstream and enterprise solid state drives to feature SandForce's highly-anticipated SSD processor famil... |
10 November 2009
10:26 GMT |
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Solid State Drives have become increasingly present in the market for computer storage solutions, as these Flash-based solutions can now deliver new levels of performance, better power consumption and all for a more affordable price tag. On that note, the world's leading vendors of Flash-based storage solutions ... |
30 October 2009
11:41 GMT |
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SanDisk, one of the world's leading vendors of Flash-based storage products, has just announced the introduction of its new line of Extreme Pro CompactFlash memory cards, specifically designed to provide professional photographers with a new, high-performance storage alternative for their high-end cameras. Accor... |
14 September 2009
09:36 GMT |
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Not very long ago, Kingston, one of the world's leading vendors of NAND Flash-based memory products, announced the introduction of the industry's first 128GB USB flash drive, an achievement the company later surpassed with the launch of the world's first 256GB USB flash drive. It now appears the market... |
13 August 2009
09:55 GMT |
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The technology for increased storage solutions coming in smaller and smaller form factors is advancing at a fast pace, with Sony aiming to develop a new memory card that will have the potential of providing users with as much as 2TB of storage space in a small and convenient form factor. The specifications for what S... |
6 August 2009
06:39 GMT |
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Toshiba has announced today that its latest generation of Solid State Drives (SSDs), featuring the company's new 43nm MLC NAND-flash manufacturing technology, are now shipping to manufacturers. These high-performance storage solutions will initially be available to OEMs only, in capacities of 64GB, 128GB, 256GB ... |
6 August 2009
03:00 GMT |
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The market for Flash-based storage solutions, also known as Solid State Drives, has become ever more interesting, as technology advances and provides consumers with faster, higher-performance and more affordable storage solutions. On that note, Lexar Media, a leading vendor of memory products, has just announced an u... |
20 July 2009
08:32 GMT |
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SanDisk, one of the world's leading vendors of Flash-based memory cards, has recently announced the introduction of a new 32GB SDHC card, claiming it is the world's fastest SDHC solution. Featuring write and read speeds of 30MB/s, the new memory card is designed to deliver high-performance levels to digital... |
25 June 2009
02:52 GMT |
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Despite the higher performance levels achieved by current Solid State Drives (SSD), users are still reserved when it comes to adopting them as the primary storage solution for their computer systems. This is largely due to their higher prices compared to traditional hard disk drives. However, an upcoming solution tha... |
27 May 2009
04:05 GMT |
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Following reports that Toshiba has bought Fujitsu's hard disk drive business, SanDisk has just announced that it will own less of the manufacturing joint venture with Toshiba. The two companies have reached a definitive agreement according to which SanDisk will transfer more than 20 percent of its equipment leas... |
30 January 2009
05:47 GMT |
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Toshiba has recently talked about the future of solid state drives and expressed its optimism about the NAND flash deployment in SSD applications over the next two years. According to industry watchers, the positive outlook the world's second-largest NAND flash memory maker unveiled is rather meant to consolidat... |
28 November 2008
02:54 GMT |
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Toshiba Corp. and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. announced today the addition of an industry-leading 256GB SSD to its NAND-flash-based solid state drive lineup, along with the launch of mall-sized Flash Modules for netbook computers, ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs) and other mobile and peripheral computer elect... |
26 September 2008
06:33 GMT |
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Last week, SanDisk turned down Samsung's offer of acquisition. It seems that the price per share offered now is lower than the one at the beginning of the discussions, and the company wants more money. As recent news shows, other companies seem to be interested in getting their hands on the flash memory company.... |
22 September 2008
02:57 GMT |
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NAND flash memory controller IC design houses believe that the market demand status is improving after having prices cut down back in June. Still, the growth seems to be only a small one. Most leading controller IC design houses see demand warming-up and are expecting to have double-digit sales growth during July. Sa... |
22 July 2008
04:17 GMT |
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Korean solid-state drive manufacturer Mtron has just announced a new solid-state device in its PRO 7500 series of professional drives. The new offering is primarily targeted at industrial environments, where solid-state drives play a key role, given the fact that their lack of moving parts makes them resistant to sho... |
16 May 2008
05:10 GMT |
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Despite the fact that solid-state drives are mostly purchased by a small niche of customers, Toshiba plans to boost its presence on the NAND-based storage market until 2010. The news was broken by the company's president and CEO, Atsutoshi Nishida, during a corporate strategy meeting."We aim to win at least a 50... |
9 May 2008
11:28 GMT |
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Hardware manufacturer Super Talent has just announced mass availability for its industry slimmest solid state drive that packs 256GB of storage space in a few square inches. Called the FSD56GC25H, the newest offering from Super Talent comes with a SATA-I interface and is completely interchangeable with any SATA-based... |
26 March 2008
10:53 GMT |
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US-based semiconductor startup Nanochip claims to have made significant progress in its array-based memory research that will result in soon-to-arrive storage prototypes with immediate shipment. According to Gordon Knight, Nanochip CEO, the new memory will be efficient for at least 10 generations.The new kind of flas... |
20 March 2008
11:47 GMT |
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Toshiba has just announced that it had started shipping 128 GB solid state drives built with the multi-level cell NAND flash technology, while other versions are still in the works. The newly released drives are far from the conventional 2.5-inch storage units, as they come in a 15 gram embedded module form factor.To... |
19 March 2008
06:21 GMT |
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Intel has launched its miniature Z-P140 PATA solid-state disks just before this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Both tiny and energy-efficient, the drives are suitable for the upcoming generations of ultra-mobile PCs and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) that are expected to kick in soon. It is true ... |
11 March 2008
04:16 GMT |
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Toshiba and SanDisk have jointly announced that they have inked a non-binding memorandum to set the basis of a production joint venture with a 300-mm wafer fabrication plant in Japan. The two companies will produce NAND flash memory using their proprietary technologies.The joint venture is still in an early stage, an... |
19 February 2008
07:22 GMT |
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Solid-state storage is continuously gaining more and more attention from the mobile enthusiasts. Flash-based storage is thinner, more energy-saving and has better access timings than the conventional hard-disk drives. They are the best pick for notebooks such as the ethereal MacBook Air or Lenovo's Thinkpad X300... |
15 February 2008
04:37 GMT |
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Nanochip Technology, a memory and storage research company has received $14 million in research funds to finish its work on some technology prototypes that will revolutionize the storage industry. The prototypes will be hopefully shipped to electronics device makers for extensive evaluations during the next year.The ... |
12 February 2008
10:02 GMT |
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Intel has successfully created a viable replacement for the nowadays NAND flash memory and now is shipping its first units of phase change memory chips. While SanDisk is desperately trying to revive the (already) old NAND flash technology and extend its capacity, Intel ships its first units of the "Alverstone" 256 Mb... |
7 February 2008
10:17 GMT |
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Hard-disk drives are a common appearance in any personal computer and have a long tradition, dating back in the late '50s. It was improved and enhanced over the time, but its basic operating principle has not changed much. The advent of the newer storage media, known as the solid-state drives is the first signif... |
7 February 2008
04:48 GMT |
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SanDisk has just announced a breakthrough in its three-bit-per-cell NAND flash memory manufacturing process. This is not all, as the company is cooking yet another surprise: it will start production of 43-nanometer multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory to replace its current 56-nanometer process.The 43-nanometer M... |
7 February 2008
03:29 GMT |
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The phase-change memory (PCRAM), also known as chalcogenide RAM or C-RAM is thought to be a viable alternative to the nowadays' non-volatile, memory-based technologies such as NAND flash. The NAND memory prices have dramatically dropped lately, but this type of memory is still expensive and has its limitations.... |
5 February 2008
04:06 GMT |
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Intel and Micron announced their newest breakthrough that will dramatically improve the NAND flash-memory data transfer rates by up to five times than the nowadays technology. This is not a theory or a project anymore, as Micron rolled out its first working devices built on the new discovery. The interface specificat... |
1 February 2008
03:39 GMT |
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Remember the Asus Eee PC crisis that hit the market just before the Christmas shopping season? The Eee PC was really hard to snatch, and everyone was asking why Asustek had not produced even more units. Well, first of all, Asus was not aware of the device's popularity at that time. Secondly, although Asus had th... |
28 January 2008
06:33 GMT |
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Portable consumer electronics applications that need storage space have long since switched to NAND-Flash based devices, putting an end to the popular 1.8-inch miniature hard disk drives. Flash memory is more energy-efficient, offer faster access times and takes physical shocks better than the sinning platters.The mi... |
10 January 2008
11:40 GMT |
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OCZ has announced and demonstrated their first SSD drives to feature 32 GB and 64 GB storage capacities. The demonstration took place within the Consumer Electronics Show, and the company claimed that these two models are the beginning of a new line of solid-state products OCZ will develop soon.Although some solid-st... |
9 January 2008
04:23 GMT |
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The solid-state drives market has become the favorite place for companies to bully one another in a cut-throat competition for achieving the largest storage density. Few manufacturers managed to overcome the 100 GB barrier: Micron, Buffalo, STEC and the all-time champion, BiTMICRO. Now it's Ritek's time to ... |
7 January 2008
02:49 GMT |
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The hard-disk industry has returned to profitability in the third quarter of the last year, as the storage market has finally landed on firm ground. Research company iSuppli recently issued a report about the situation on the hard-disk storage market.The industry managed to ship about 138 million units in the third q... |
4 January 2008
09:13 GMT |
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We have told you about Intel's NAND Flash-based solid-state drive, called the Z-P140. Some may say that the drive is yet another one in a long row of solid-state drives. Well, Intel's NAND Products Group would heavily disagree here, as their disk managed to squeeze 16 GB of data on a surface the size of a p... |
4 January 2008
06:54 GMT |
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The flash storage has been one of the technologies that have undoubtedly changed the face of consumer electronics appliances. It can store a large amount of data on a tiny surface, at the cost of only a few milliwatts. DRAM memory needs permanent refreshing to preserve its contents, but Flash storage can do without p... |
27 December 2007
03:04 GMT |
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Although 16 GB UDMA CompactFlash cards are not exactly growing on trees, it seems that they're becoming increasingly popular among semi-pro and professional photographer, due to their high access speeds, large capacities and, more importantly, to the emergence of digital cameras that can actually take advantage ... |
7 December 2007
08:50 GMT |
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The South-Korean company Samsung is one of the world's most important manufacturers of NAND flash modules (as well as other types of memory chips as well), and it seems that, although its core production facilities are located in Korea, it's looking forward to opening new production lines elsewhere, amid an... |
22 November 2007
12:06 GMT |
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