Samsung 16GB Solid State Disks goes Mass production Q1 2007
by Sze | Filed under Storage.
Samsung announced that it is now “sampling its 16-gigabit (Gb) NAND flash memory with customers - the first NAND flash using 50 nanometer (nm) process technology”. Samsung is expected to start the mass production of 16GB NAND falsh memory in Q1 2007.
Long time ago we have seen the Samsung Laptop without hard drive but the Solid State Disks (SSD). With the mass production of 16GB NAND flash memory, probably we can see more similar products in the near future.
Press Release
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology solutions, announced that it is now sampling its 16-gigabit (Gb) NAND flash memory with customers - the first NAND flash using 50 nanometer (nm) process technology.
The first samples of this high density NAND flash memory have a multi-level cell (MLC) design with a 4Kbyte (KB) page size to enhance both its read and write features. The new 4KB page function improves the conventional 2KB paging system for MLC NAND flash to double the read speed, while increasing write performance 150%.
By nearly doubling the overall performance of Samsung’s MLC NAND, mobile consumers will enjoy faster data transfer speeds when storing or reading large data files whether they’re using an external memory card, or a handset with a built-in flash solution such as Samsung’s moviNANDTM.
Early market introduction of 16Gb and higher density NAND flash memories is expected to accelerate the adoption of non-volatile memory applications such as flash-based solid state disks.
Samsung plans to begin mass producing its 16Gb NAND flash memory in the first quarter of 2007.
[Samsung]
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January 10th, 2007 at 6:34 am
[...] While Samsung’s 16GB SSD flash drive will go mass production soon, Ritek’s 32GB solid-state drive is also coming in the second quarter this year. Ritek’s SSD drive will come in two come in two sizes, 1.8- and 2.5-inch, also in two memory densities, 16GB and 32GB. The suggested price of 1.8-inch is US$169 and 2.5-inch model is US$199. The upcoming RiDATA-brand SSD will come in two memory densities – 16GB and 32GB. Lin said a 64GB version is coming online this year but the exact available date is not yet decided. Already sourcing NAND flash chips from Samsung Electronics, Lin said Samsung will remain the company’s major chip supplier in 2007, though he did not reveal details about the chip supplier of this SSD. [...]