TDK samples 32GB Flash disk
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HDD alternative TDK has followed Samsung and launched a hard drive replacement based on NAND Flash memory. The product, which is currently available in sample quantities, was announced by the company last week.â¦
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The JVC Everio GZ-MC100 ($1199.95) and GZ-MC200 ($1299.95) will use 4GB Microdrive cards, which are removable hard drives measuring 1.5 inches square, but will also support standard CompactFlash and Secure Digital media.
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Military disks: Get in da choppa! Flash storage specialist BitMicro has already jumped past the one terabyte marker with 1.6TB solid-state drives in a Fibre Channel flavor. This week, it's moving that capacity to its line of SCSI flash drives too.â¦
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(InfoWorld) - Samsung Electronics is sampling a new type of flash memory device that could make it easier for makers of mobile phones and MP3 players to increase the storage capacity of their products. Samsung's moviNAND devices combine a NAND flash memory chip, an MMC (multimedia card) controller, and some firmware into a component that's small enough to be used in the latest portable electronics products, the company said. Samsung has started shipping samples of 1GB and 2GB moviNAND chips to manufacturers and will begin mass producing them later this month. It plans to introduce 512MB and 4GB capacities by the end of this year, it said. MoviNAND solves allows device makers to include a large amount of flash memory in their products while still using a standard serial interface, the company said. "The significance of the MMC interface is that the complexities of the native NAND interface and management are completely abstracted from the [portable device]," Samsung spokesman John Lucas said via e-mail. In addition, the MMC interface performance better than other standard interfaces because it has an 8-bit wide bus, allowing data to be processed at up to 52MB per second, he said. NAND flash has become popular for its ability to store large amounts of data at relatively low cost and to retain that data when devices are switched off. It's used in memory sticks, memory cards and digital music players such as Apple Computer's iPod. Other NAND makers include Toshiba, Hynix Semiconductor, and IM Flash Technologies. It's one of several recent flash memory advancements from Samsung. On Monday the South Korean companyÂ showed off a 32GB NAND flash memory chipÂ built using an advanced, 40-nanometer manufacturing process.
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Researchers at electronics giant TDK have developed a tough new coating that promises to make scratched DVDs a thing of the past and that will help usher in an emerging data storage format with 10 times the capacity of the current DVD standard.
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Company hopes to boost use of its Flash format for delivering streaming video with new development kit.
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Texas Memory Systems has introduced the flash-based RamSan-500 with a DRAM cache to make it faster.
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Will the competing next-generation optical disc standards ever meet in the same device? Not for now, it seems.
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Dual-layer disc to smooth hi-def format adoption
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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.), , a leader in flash memory technology, today rounded out its 1.8V low-density flash product portfolio with the announcement of a 16-Mbit Multi-Purpose Flash Plus (MPF+) device.
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Doubles density of its chips SanDisk is ready to begin mass-production of commercial flash memory using 43 nanometer process technology. Its latest shrinkage of chip features can double the density per chip compared to the previous 56nm process.â¦
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The new ROM disc, which has a total storage capacity of 33.5GB, uses a triple layer structure made possible by JVC&#39;s development of a proprietary, high-performance reflective film.
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Why is there a discrepancy between the advertised capacity of an external hard drive and what the computer reports?
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Corsair announced two new 32GB USB drives, one in a rubber casing and the other in an aircraft-grade, waterproof aluminum casing. Each have encryption software and can hold full operating systems and 16 high-definition DVD movies.
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roundup Plus: SanDisk ups capacity on flash memory cards...Google tests Froogle in U.K....Senate postpones vote on file-swapping bill...HP may expand Puerto Rican research.
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New device offers 1TB of storage, can record seven channels simultaneously.
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The required scads of buffer memory fast image-processing hardware holds back the widespread support of raw-format files for continuous shooting in low-cost cameras. JPEG XR could present an acceptable alternative.