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more about #flashmemory more comments → Odin: Fail sample size is fail, you're perfectly justified in throwing that "survey" out the door. more » Kaiser-Machead: If you sock Apple right in the face, you may find yourself being sacrificed on the Genius Bar altar. Don't do it. more » Rejexted: Your mom's practically anorexic #samsungflashmemorychip more » Monty: Do we expect these to lower the prices of memory beyond the usual results of technology decreasing in cost over time? Small gadgets, absolutely - but... more » mattycakes: I kinda want to see what a bulimic flash chip would look like. #samsungflashmemorychip more » don-don: Now this is shrinkage that I can be proud of! #samsungflashmemorychip more » szrimaging: If this is both as good as flash, but as fast as DRAM, could we seen an evolution in computing architecture? Imagine, if you will, a world where hard... more » sauceruney003: If its as fast as DRAM and won't wear out like flash memory, then it should be able to replace DRAM. Imagine being able to power down your devices an... more » kylecpcs: Intel tried to push to market a fast, new, proprietary memory format a few years back...it was called RD-RAM...and that was a cluster ef. Why would t... more » TailsNZ: I'd love to see some SSD's made from this stuff! #intelphasechangememory more » met2art: Rosa, you had me at Phase-changing memory... #intelphasechangememory more » JC Whitless: Wow, so if someone writes a fix for Rockbox, my Sansa e200 Series MP3 player could, like, be frickin loaded with content. Whoa more » kabex: one problem tho, currently mobile devices support up to 32gb only. How will they recognize 64gb cards that weren't even in the initial spec? more » dp: All this talk of cramming pixels into a smaller sensor is useless unless the lens technology can keep up. DSLR lenses are already reaching their limit... more » adamrice: Nice touch, showing that chip in front of a bit of core memory. more » -
#remainders
Remainders - Stuff We Didn't Post (and Why)
Apple Said to Be Bullying, Giving Wedgies to Flash Memory Makers...Legendary German Camera-Maker Launches Really Boring Digital Cameras...ClearPlay's Upscaling 1080p DVD Player Allows High-Definition Censorship...Survey of Android App Developers Reveals Unhappiness With Sales... More » -
#flashmemory
Samsung's New Ultra Slim 30-Nanometer Flash Memory Chips Will Cause Gadget Shrinkage
With stacks of eight being only 0.6mm thick, Samsung's new 30-nanometer NAND chips are practically anorexic, but for once that's a good thing. Thinner chips like these could bring smaller gadgets and hopefully also lead to lower SSD prices. More » -
#memory
Phase-Changing Memory Is Closer To The Market And Might Just Kill Flash
Phase-changing memory looks great. It's supposed to combine the non-volatile nature of flash-based memory with the fantastic speed of DRAM. Now Intel and Numonyx are teasing with advancements in stacking memory layers, news that brings denser PCM closer to markets. More » -
#flash
SanDisk Starts Shipping X4 Flash Cards, Will Eventually Be Awesome
SanDisk's X4 tech packs four bits of data into each memory cell, compared with the typical one or two bits. That means they'll be able to far exceed the 32GB limit on SDHC, microSDHC and others, and they've started shipping. More » -
#cameras
Flash Memory Sensors: 100x Smaller Than CCDs, Better at Low Light
CCD and CMOS sensors take great images, but that doesn't mean they're perfect. They're bulky and bad in low light. It turns out that flash memory can actually double as a light sensor, and could solve both these problems. More » -
#flashmemory
Corsair's Flash Voyager GT: The World's Fastest 128GB USB Flash Drive
Corsair, who seem to spend all their time finding speed records and then breaking them, announced their Flash Voyager GT USB flash drive at the droolworthy 128GB capacity. Even better, the speeds totally don't suck: 32MB/s and 25.6MB/s read/write, respectively. More » -
#flashmemory
Toshiba 64GB SDXC Card
On one hand, it's great to see the SDXC standard—which theoretically tops out at 2TB—flexing its muscles a little bit. On the other, I kinda wish Toshiba wouldn't announce a record-breaking SD card six months before release. More »IsWill Be the World's Largest, Fastest -
#flashmemory
SanDisk Claims Title of World's Fastest 32GB SDHC Card
The new Extreme SDHC card from SanDisk comes in 4/8/16/32GB capacities and boasts speeds of up to 30MB/s, which SanDisk claims as the world's fastest. More » -
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#memory
DDRdrive's X1 SSD is Superfast and Superexpensive
It may not compare to the io-Drive, but DDrdrive's X1 still packs a punch in terms of speed and price. More » -
#microsd
Elecom 2GB MicroSD Loverish Line Prettifies Your Memory Cards
MicroSD cards are so prolific nowadays that it's about time for companies to differentiate their products using cutesy designs. If you're a 15-year-old girl, these goth- and love-themed 2GB ought to thrill. More » -
#shame
The Worst Proprietary Gadget Offenses
Like a predatory loan officer or an unstable partner, technology companies have an obsession with locking you down. Here are some of the worst examples of proprietary products that leave you trapped, broke and angry. -
#storage
Fusion-io ioDrive Duo is the Worlds Fastest SSD
Fusion-io's original ioDrive was stupid fast, but the next generation makes even that look pathetic. Try 1.5GB sustained read speeds and 1.4GB sustained write speeds. Yeah, let that sink in for a minute. More » -
#sdxc
First SDXC Card Is The World's Fastest, Only Holds 32GB
SDXC, the new memory card spec announced at CES, promised exciting things, storage-wise. Pretec demonstrated the first card that'll support the standard, and at a mere 32GB and 50MB/s, well, it's a step. More » -
#ssds
Super Talent SSDs Boost Netbook Flash Storage To 64GB For $169
Not a bad price at all on a mini-PCIe solid-state drive. These are intended for the Eee PC S101, but will work with any machine that can take mini-PCIe add-ons. More » -
#storage
Fusion-io ioDrive Is The Fastest Storage Device in the World
The ioDrive is a PCI Express storage card that can write at up to 368 MB/s and read at 473 MB/s to its NAND flash memory—or, for the layman: really, really damn fast. More »

