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Definition: NAND flash
The type of flash memory used for storage. See flash memory.
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iSuppli: iPad expected to drive NAND memory sales through 2015
While the tablet market is driving up NAND flash memory demand, Apple's iPad is commanding over its rivals and gobbling up memory like hotcakes.
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Toshiba's new 19nm flash
Toshiba has announced 19nm NAND flash. Does this mean that even smaller feature sizes are on tap?
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A vague rumor surfaced on Friday from DigiTimes that the iPad 2 would have five new features. Four are predictable, but the fifth -- a USB port -- is out of left field.
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Storage: the next generation
A new memory technology could replace DRAM and NAND flash: fast and non-volatile. With a feature size of 4nm it is also several generations ahead of both. Is it real?
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Samsung takes the lead with 20-nanometer NAND Flash chips
Samsung has something to be happy about this Monday morning. The Seoul-based company is the first in the world to produce 20-nanometer class, MLC NAND chips for SD cards and other memory solutions.
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64GB NAND flash modules could make HDD iPods extinct
Toshiba has announced that it's sampling 64GB NAND flash modules that could double the capacity of the iPhone and the iPod touch in 2010.
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Toshiba announces 64GB NAND flash module; hints at Apple iPhone, iPod touch refresh
Toshiba on Tuesday announced the launch of a 64GB embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity chip yet created and a potential fit for the next refresh of the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.
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Intel debuts 34nm NAND flash SSDs; lowers prices 60%
Intel on Tuesday announced that it is moving to a more advanced, 34-nanometer manufacturing process for its NAND flash-based solid-state drives. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the...
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Micron begins mass production of 34nm NAND flash memory
Micron Technology on Tuesday announced mass production of new 16- and 32-gigabit NAND flash memory chips using 34-nanometer process technology, another step toward more robustly-featured mobile...
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Apple hoarding NAND flash memory, 32GB iPhone here I come!
DigiTimes reports that Apple has purchased 100 million 8GB NAND flash chips from Samsung and others and that it's constricting supply for other smaller players in the market. So much so that...
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What memory technology is Samsung after?
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Samsung ships 128GB SSDs with cheaper flash memory
Samsung announced today that it has begun manufacturing 64GB and 128GB SSDs based on a less-expensive type of NAND flash known as MLC. The company also said it was still on track to deliver a...
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NAND flash demand to increase by 130% in 2008
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MacBook nano rumors swirl (again)
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Intel releases NAND flash "drives"
Intel today jumped into the NAND flash drive market with the announcement of their Z-U130 solid state "drives" (SSDs). It's conceivable that the Intel Z-drive could land in Apple's nanoBook by the...
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