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Flash memory flares up
News The digital home is here, and the early beneficiaries are the makers of removable flash memory cards. SanDisk and Lexar, which are among the leaders in the flash memory card market, are set to report their fourth-quarter and year-end results later...
[January 16, 2004, 16:05]
Flash memory begins to fade
News Flash memory -- the chip technology used to store data and applications inside cell phones, industrial equipment and portable memory cards -- is facing a growing crisis, say engineers, analysts and semiconductor executives.
[March 27, 2003, 16:17]
Flash memory heading for mobiles
News The flash-memory industry is facing a bright future thanks to the evolution of consumer electronics and wireless devices, the chief executive of SanDisk said on Monday. Eli Harari, head of flash memory product maker SanDisk, told attendees at an...
[August 3, 2004, 15:15]
Flash memory sales driven by Nand
News Worldwide sales of flash memory cards are set to grow, driven by a drop in Nand memory prices and a rise in sales of consumer devices with the technology, according to Gartner. Prices for Nand (Not And) electronic logic gate components -- a newer...
[September 12, 2003, 11:50]
MP3: Flash memory is best - industry
News The Nomad Jukebox MP3 player is only the second portable player to store MP3 files on such a hard drive, most others use solid state memory like SmartMedia or Flash. Kevin Hause, manager of consumer device research at IDC, believes that flash-based...
[January 13, 2000, 9:35]
Intel starts producing 1Gbit flash memory
News Intel has launched what it claims is "the industry's first volume shipments" of 65nm NOR flash memory products. They are based on Intel's StrataFlash Cellular Memory architecture and are drop-in compatible with Intel's high-volume, 90nm-based flash...
[November 10, 2006, 16:15]
Four-bit-per-cell Flash memory demoed
News Spansion, the memory products manufacturer, has demonstrated four-bit-per-cell Flash memory for the first time. This is a significant milestone, not only for Spansion, but for the entire Flash memory industry," said Spansion's chief executive...
[September 27, 2006, 14:05]
AMD unveils low-power flash memory
News The chipmaker announced on Wednesday that its new power-stingy flash memory chip is now available to manufacturers. AMD has sold 1.8-volt flash memory chips before, but the company says the new one, dubbed Am29BDS640G, will consume up to 95 percent...
[August 7, 2002, 15:56]
Spansion sees profits in flash memory's future
News A lot of companies have proposed future technologies to lead the flash memory market. Spansion, created from a flash-memory joint venture started by AMD and Fujitsu, says that the "charge-trapping" technology that underlies its MirrorBit and Ornand...
[November 29, 2007, 14:05]
Wanted: Successor to flash memory
News So-called flash memory will remain viable for several more years, but researchers anticipate that later this decade manufacturing limitations will force the industry to adopt a new technology. Flash memory can store data even when batteries are...
[December 11, 2002, 11:37]
Intel shrinks flash memory for phones
News Intel on Tuesday will announce technology that will shrink the size of its flash memory chips by roughly 50 percent in the first half of 2002, a move that will give the company more leverage for undercutting competitors.
[October 24, 2001, 7:31]
Hitachi shrinks its flash memory card
News As demand for smaller devices gets bigger and bigger, Hitachi is latching onto the trend with its new removable mini-flash memory card. The new card is the first of its kind to meet the requirements of a recently approved flash memory card format...
[November 27, 2002, 7:59]
T-Flash memory aims at mobile phones
News Memory card maker SanDisk and mobile phone manufacturer Motorola have teamed up on a new small flash card aimed at handsets as the two companies look to capitalise on the trend toward the miniaturisation of memory cards.
[March 1, 2004, 10:20]
AMD lets loose with new flash memory
News Advanced Micro Devices is sampling a new flash memory chip that promises to double storage capacity and give Intel a run for its money in the market for cellular phones and other consumer electronics devices.
[May 13, 2002, 16:24]
Intel plans flash memory price hike
News Intel plans to raise prices for processors that contain flash memory technology by as much as 40 percent on 1 January in response to increased demand. The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker said Monday that demand for processors with flash...
[November 26, 2002, 8:26]
Group unveils flash memory spec
News A group of electronics manufacturers is looking to expand the uses for removable flash memory cards with a new security specification. Five companies known as the 5C announced on Thursday the creation of the Mobile Commerce (MC) Extension...
[July 26, 2002, 8:02]
Consumer demand calls for more flash memory
News Soaring demand for consumer gadgets like the iPod and digital cameras has pushed Intel and Micron into an unlikely partnership to produce the flash memory that makes storing lots of data in a small space possible.
[November 22, 2005, 14:10]
Flash-memory devices cause security concerns
News USB storage devices and products like Sony's Memory Stick could be a serious security risk, experts said this week. He gave the example of an estate agent in Crewe who bought a "new" Sony Memory Stick, but when he plugged it into his PC, he...
[August 22, 2003, 16:15]
Magnetised protein globules talk in binary code
News A number of start-ups are tinkering with technology that could enhance or replace hard drives, flash memory cards and other storage devices. Hard-drive manufacturers regularly report financial losses and, until recently, profits in flash memory...
[July 26, 2004, 10:45]
Intel's latest memory chip flashes by
News Intel on Wednesday introduced a new flash memory chip aimed at helping manufacturers pump up cellular phones for new uses such as capturing a photo or viewing a video. Called 1.8 Volt Wireless Flash Memory, or W18 for short, the new chip is Intel's...
[April 17, 2002, 15:38]
