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Intel and Micron open joint NAND flash fab ahead of schedule

Posted April 21, 2011 - 6:35 am

Intel and Micron Technology opened a $3 billion factory to make NAND flash memory in Singapore on Thursday, Intel officials said.
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Micron unveils NAND flash with onboard error management

Posted December 2, 2010 - 12:01 pm

Micron will produce drives next year that combine error management techniques in the same NAND flash package, removing the overhead from host processors that typically contain error correction code.
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NAND flash sales up, prices down

Posted November 10, 2010 - 2:26 pm

The sale of new tablet PCs and smartphones with solid state storage technology is compensating for weak demand for memory cards and USB flash drives and has led to a 17% increase in NAND flash shipments over the last quarter and an average price drop of about 9%.
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Samsung starts mass production of densest NAND flash memory

Posted October 13, 2010 - 11:36 am

Samsung is mass producing its densest NAND flash chip yet, saying the new 3-bit-per-cell, 64Gbit chips pack twice as many bits as the company's previous offering.
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NAND flash memory pricing to plummet to $1 per GB

Posted August 19, 2010 - 2:15 pm

After two years of inflated prices, NAND flash memory prices are expected to dip down to a key $1 per gigabyte level, according to a new report by research firm iSuppli.
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Toshiba, SanDisk look to boost flash production

Posted July 14, 2010 - 4:26 pm

Expecting sales of NAND flash memory to jump, Toshiba and SanDisk today announced they will jointly build a new NAND flash fabrication facility in Yokkaichi City, Japan.
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Intel ships world's densest NAND flash chip

Posted May 18, 2010 - 4:27 pm

Intel Corp. is shipping to equipment manufacturers its 25-nanometer (nm) NAND flash memory chip, which doubles the capacity of its previous 34nm chip.
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Flash memory set to benefit from mobile Internet explosion

Posted April 28, 2010 - 3:10 pm

As the world becomes ever more connected through wireless Internet devices, and corporate users seek faster access to data, flash memory is expected to quickly take a more important place in the storage of information.
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Is NAND flash about to hit a dead end?

Posted February 4, 2010 - 9:40 pm

As the technology used to create NAND flash memory continues to shrink, bit error rates and production costs are going up. That's forcing solid-state memory makers to look for alternatives.
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Micron boosts NAND flash endurance six-fold

Posted October 19, 2009 - 10:33 am

Flash memory maker Micron today said that it has been able to boost the write endurance of its multi-level cell and single-level cell NAND flash chips by as much as six times.
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Samsung ships first 32GB memory card

Posted May 12, 2009 - 8:42 pm

Samsung Electronics Co. announced today that it is shipping a 32GB NAND memory card, the highest-density embedded memory card to date and one that offers twice the capacity of previous cards.
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Flash memory vendors slashing production, raising prices

Posted March 24, 2009 - 5:16 pm

NAND flash memory vendors responded to the slowing economy and weak consumer confidence by phasing out production of 200mm wafer manufacturing and cutting overall flash memory production to an industry-wide average of 70% in the first quarter of this year.
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Samsung upgrades could lower SSD prices, execs say

Posted December 8, 2008 - 6:00 pm

Samsung on Monday said it is upgrading its memory and manufacturing technology that could drop solid-state drive prices.
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Intel, Micron venture starts making 34nm flash chips

Posted November 25, 2008 - 12:41 pm

Intel and Micron's flash memory joint venture has started manufacturing chips using 34-nanometer technology.
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Intel ships solid-state flash for servers and storage

Posted October 18, 2008 - 9:38 pm

Intel has started shipping new solid-state flash drives designed for servers, workstations and storage devices. Intel announced the move Wednesday with Sun, which pledged to deliver storage products using Intel's flash technology.
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Micron to cut staff by 15 percent

Posted October 9, 2008 - 1:49 pm

Micron and Intel plan to shut down their joint production of NAND flash memory from a Boise, Idaho, facility, and Micron plans to lay off about 15 percent of its workforce in another sign that the economic meltdown is taking its toll on some tech companies.
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NAND flash memory downturn to continue

Posted July 23, 2008 - 9:25 am

A global glut of NAND flash memory chips, which store songs, photos and other data in gadgets from iPods to digital cameras, will continue for at least the next few months because companies have been slow to rein in production, according to DRAMeXchange Technology.
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