Intel’s Optane memory technology is super-speedy… and super expensive. So the first few consumer-oriented Optane solutions the company has offered were 16GB to 64GB SSDs designed to be paired with a separate SSD or hard drive. That’s great if you have a computer with plenty of room for multiple storage devices. But what if there’s […]
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Micron unveils 3D NAND flash storage for smartphones
In an effort to squeeze more storage capacity into flash storage, companies have been developing 3D NAND technology which stacks memory cells on top of one another to increase storage densities. Now Micron has introduced its first 3D NAND memory optimized for mobile devices, which means we could start seeing the technology used in smartphones. […]
Samsung unveils a 16TB solid state drive
A few years ago it was tough to find solid state drives that could hold more than a few hundred gigabytes of data. Now Samsung is introducing a new SSD that can hold up to 16Â terabytes. The 2.5 inch PM1633a drive is designed for enterprise users, and it’ll likely be super-pricey. But the technology used […]
Toshiba, SanDisk pack more storage into smaller NAND flash chips
Toshiba has announced it’s now manufacturing a new type of flash memory chip that offers about twice the storage density of previous NAND flash memory chips. The company has been partnering with SanDisk to develop 3D NAND flash memory since last year, and the new chips could hit the streets in early 2016. The new BiCS […]
3D NAND flash memory could lead to 10TB SSDs
Solid state storage tends to be faster, less power-hungry, and less likely to break if dropped on the floor than hard drive storage. That’s why SSDs have become popular choices for tablet and notebook makers. But SSDs still tend to be more expensive than hard drives on a price-per-gigabyte basis. They also don’t tend to offer […]