flash-memory

Samsung to produce 20nm flash memory

Published on: 24th April, 2010

Samsung has begun to produce 20 nanometer NAND flash memory by using a technology that is much denser than 30nm, significantly much faster and allowing more storage in the same space. The company estimates that an SDHC card with GB of memory should be about 30 percent faster. It should guarantee Class 10, which means [...]

PIN-controlled USB flash drive from Corsair

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

Corsair has recently presented a new 8GB flash drive. Surprisingly, this is not a regular flash drive: Corsair included a keypad which allows users to secure their data by using a PIN code. The Padlock 2 comes with 256-bit hardware data encryption to ensure high security for most of the data theft types. Thieves are [...]

The 64GB NAND flash memory from Toshiba

Published on: 16th December, 2009

Toshiba has recently presented a new 64GB NAND flash memory module that is believed to be the highest capacity in the industry. It combines sixteen 32Gbit chips and a dedicated controller while using Toshiba’s 32nm technology for their manufacturing. The chip thickness is just 30 micrometers thanks to chip thinning and layering methods.
These new modules [...]

First USB 3.0 RAID Flash Drive from Super Talent

Published on: 8th November, 2009

The new SuperSpeed USB 3.0 RAIDDrive series launched by SuperTalent is much faster than the previous USB 2.0 drives, allowing an up to ten times faster data transfer. The company is using a special technology involving multiple RAID pairs containing differential serial data lines. When a system is equipped with both a special USB Attached [...]

Unusual Deal – Movies on Flash Memory

Published on: 4th November, 2009

Movies available on SD cards or USB flash drives may sound strange enough but this is the subject of a most recent deal concluded between Kingston and Paramount. The latter’s movies could be sold on such media in the near future. The two partners didn’t provide any details on the formats but it’s certain that [...]

Samsung Will Brand Its Own Memory Cards

Published on: 21st October, 2009

Recently released in Taiwan, the first memory cards self-branded by Samsung are meant to be used in electronic devices such as smartphones, digital cameras and other portable devices. The reason for doing this is, according to the Korean company, the exponential growth of the mobile storage market in the next future, as revealed by recent [...]

Corsair Launches an Upgraded Version of Flash Voyager GT

Published on: 17th October, 2009

The newest addition to the Flash Voyager memory sticks family, the Voyager GT 128 breaks through with a spacious 128 GB of storage and amazing speed. The Voyager GT uses a unique dual-controller design, delivering read and write speeds close to the limits of the USB bus. Other three versions also keep the increased resistance [...]