Samsung Electronics has introduced the industry's first 8Gbit NAND flash memory device. The high density device will enable a new level of functionality in storage subsystem designs to meet fast growing demand for memory from products like digital cameras, USB Flash Drives, PDAs and MP3 players. "The 8Gbit NAND flash ships in an industry leading Quad Die Pack (QDP) and leverages Samsung's advanced 2Gb component technology and Single Level Cell (SLC) design," said Jon Kang, senior vice president of product planning and engineering at Samsung Electronics Corp. "The new NAND device takes advantage of the company's advanced manufacturing capabilities and is produced on 12-inch wafers in a 90nm process."
According to an announcement made by GFK Marketing Services: Samsung Electronics Co. today said it has launched mass-production of large capacity memory cards in the 512-megabyte and 256-megabyte class. the large-capacity memory cards are multimedia cards (MMCs), which are widely used for storage for mobile handsets, digital cameras, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and MP3 players, company officials said. Three kinds of MMCs, 512MB, 256MB and downsized 256MB, will be mass-produced, they added. The 512MB MMC, for instance, is capable of storing the equivalent of 500 3 Megapixel digital camera pictures, in addition to 130 four-minute MP3 files and 30 minutes of VGA-class moving pictures. VGA stands for video graphics array.
