Samsung promises better smartphone performance with new memory modules
High-end smartphones could soon have 4GB of super-fast RAM, resulting in better multi-tasking and the ability to continuously shoot images with 20-megapixel cameras.
View ArticleSanDisk pushes MicroSD to 200GB
SanDisk has managed to cram 200GB of memory into a MicroSD card. The new card is a 56 percent jump on the current highest capacity MicroSD, a 128GB card.
View ArticleSamsung chip could bring 128GB storage to cheaper phones
Samsung Electronics has developed flash memory storage that could help bring 128GB capacity to smartphones and tablets in the middle and low end of the price spectrum.
View ArticleStanford breakthrough could make better chips cheaper
Researchers at Stanford University have come up with a new way to make chips and solar panels using gallium arsenide, a semiconductor that beats silicon in several important areas but is typically too...
View ArticleToshiba announces industry's densest 3D flash memory
Toshiba today announced the development of the first 48-layer, three-dimensional flash memory.
View ArticleSamsung profits drop as it faces the iPhone 6
Samsung Electronics registered its sixth straight quarterly decline in profits in the first three months of this year as competition bit into its key smartphone and display businesses.
View ArticleNantero's carbon-nanotube memory could replace SSDs and DRAM
A new low-power, high-speed memory technology on the horizon could replace solid-state drives, hard drives and DRAM in PCs, and bring higher levels of storage capacity to mobile devices and wearables.
View ArticleReport claims Chinese chip maker bids $23B for Micron
China's largest state-owned computer chip design firm, Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. has offered US$23 billion to buy Micron Technology, one of the largest U.S. memory makers, according to The Wall Street...
View ArticleIntel, Micron claim a new class of memory between flash and DRAM
To fill computers' voracious appetite for data, Intel and Micron say they've developed the first new kind of memory since NAND flash was introduced in 1989.
View Article3D XPoint might change computing as much as SSDs did
The 3D XPoint memory technology that Intel and Micron announced Tuesday is new to its core and took years to develop, but that work may pay dividends in both living rooms and data centers.
View ArticleSamsung plots Galaxy S6 price cut, new phones to help business
Lackluster demand for its flagship Galaxy S6 smartphone and higher marketing costs led Samsung Electronics to another quarter of falling sales and profits in the April to June period.
View ArticleThis new 3D XPoint memory could last forever
Intel and Micron this week unveiled a new type of memory they plan to mass produce that is purportedly 1,000 times faster than NAND flash and has 1,000 times the endurance.
View ArticleSamsung mass produces 256Gb 3D vertical NAND chips
Samsung Electronics has begun mass production of 256-gigabit 3D vertical NAND (V-NAND) flash memories, clearing the way for higher-capacity memory that doesn't take up more room.
View ArticleFalling flash prices are a boon to enterprise storage buyers
As flash gets cheaper, enterprises are spending the same amount of money on storage systems but getting more capacity.
View ArticleIntel ships first Optane memory modules for testing
Intel's Optane technology is already shipping in the form of storage, but you'll have to wait until next year to buy Optane memory modules.
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