Micron introduced 176-layer NAND memory last year, making it possible to deliver flash storage capable of faster read and write speeds while taking up less space. It’s already available in PCIe SSDs, and now the company says it’s bringing the technology to mobile devices. The first 176-layer NAND UFS 3.1 storage is now shipping to […]
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Samsung is now the world’s top chip maker (in terms of revenue)
For the past two years Intel has dominated the microchip business, despite competition from long-time rival AMD and more recently from ARM-based chip makers including Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Samsung. But according to the latest quarterly earnings reports, it looks like Intel is no longer the world’s top chip maker. Samsung is… at least for now. […]
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Rising SSD prices mean most 2017 laptops will probably have 256GB or less
Solid State Drives are faster, more energy efficient, and quieter than hard drives, just to name a few of the reasons many computer users prefer SSDs over HDDs. But they also cost more, which is why you often find laptops with 1TB hard drives selling for less than models with 256GB SSDs. That’s probably not going […]
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3D XPoint storage: Up to 1,000 times faster than flash
Intel and Micron have announced a new type of memory technology called 3D XPoint that they say could offer speeds up to 1,000 times faster than NAND flash storage. 3D XPoint technology samples will be available later this year, which means we could start to see products that use 3D XPoint as soon as 2016. According […]
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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 […]