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• New Samsung chip line boosts flash memory

  By AAP | 26 September, 2011 08:52

  Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chip maker, says it has begun mass production at a new line to raise production of flash memory chips used in tablets and smartphones.

• Study: Companies lose millions from missing memory sticks

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 10 August, 2011 01:51

  While data breaches by hackers get headlines, another form of data leakage can be very damaging to a company's bottom line, too. Most notably, that is sensitive data lost on the USB memory sticks.

• Learn how to run programs from your flash drive

  By Rick Broida | 27 April, 2011 08:15

  Reader Patricia has a question: "Why can't application software be put on USB drives instead of [hard] disks?"

• Intel, Micron announce higher-density flash memory

  By Agam Shah | 18 August, 2010 04:43

  Intel and Micron on Tuesday announced denser NAND flash memory, which could help reduce the space occupied by memory while increasing the storage capacity on consumer electronics.

• SanDisk Launches its Smallest-Ever USB Flash Drive

  By Chris Brandrick | 28 July, 2010 07:43

  Memory maker SanDisk has ousted its latest USB flash drive, claiming it's the smallest that the company has ever released.

• Flash array vendor Violin buys NAS caching vendor Gear6

  By Lucas Mearian | 17 June, 2010 06:01

  Flash memory array maker Violin Memory today announced it has purchased the technology assets of high-end NAS vendor Gear6, whose DRAM and flash memory-based appliances improve the scalability of Web applications and content.

• Flash memory set to benefit from mobile Internet explosion

  By Lucas Mearian | 29 April, 2010 04:25

  Look for NAND technology to thrive as the world becomes ever more interconnected through mobile devices and data centers seek to become more efficient, or "green."

• SanDisk ships 32GB mobile memory card

  By Lucas Mearian | 23 March, 2010 06:39

  SanDisk Corp. plans to announce tomorrow that it has started shipping what it claims is the world's highest-capacity removable memory card for mobile phones - the 32GB SanDisk microSDHC.

• Intel, Micron to announce world's densest flash memory

  By Lucas Mearian | 02 February, 2010 05:35

  Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. on Monday plan to announce the world's first 25-nanometer NAND flash technology, which will make it possible to double the storage capacity of devices like smartphones, music and media players, and solid-state drives (SSD) without making the products themselves any bigger.

• Toshiba cuts sales targets on continued weakness

  By Martyn Williams | 29 January, 2010 17:53

  Toshiba cut its full-year sales predictions on Friday as a result of continued weakness in the global economy.

• Samsung, Rambus deal could rev new memory technologies

  By Agam Shah | 22 January, 2010 07:32

  Rambus' agreement to settle legal claims with Samsung Electronics could accelerate deals that could help new memory technology being developed by Rambus get to market faster, analysts said.

• Samsung's new 64GB flash chip ideal for mobile devices

  By Chris Brandrick | 14 January, 2010 06:23

  Electronics manufacturer Samsung announced on Tuesday two new flash-based storage solutions, both of which are ideal for mobile use. The company unveiled a high-density 64GB moviNAND flash memory chip, in addition to a 32GB micro secure digital (SD) card.

• PQI bring the speed with 64GB USB 3.0 flash drives

  By Chris Brandrick | 31 December, 2009 08:21

  It's no secret that the capacities of portable hard drives are on the up, but what about those portable flash drives? Fear not, as flash memory maker Power Quotient International (PQI) announced this Tuesday a new sizable addition to their "Cool Drive" range of USB flash drives. The new drives, dubbed the U366, will make use of the faster USB 3.0 specification and will be available in three spacious variants.

• South Korea closes flash memory antitrust investigation

  By Peter Sayer | 01 January, 2010 00:40

  South Korea's Fair Trade Commission has closed an antitrust investigation of the flash memory industry, concluding that there is no evidence of a pricing cartel.

• Toshiba announces 64GB flash memory module

  By Chris Brandrick | 16 December, 2009 06:14

  Toshiba has announced a new 64GB flash memory module, which the company claims is the highest-capacity flash module in the industry. The new 64GB NAND flash module is just 30 micrometers thin, packs a dedicated controller, and contains sixteen 32Gbit chips. It was manufactured using Toshiba's 32-nanometer process.