News - 2007.07.18 - Early Edition

MoSys Ships 1T-FLASH Embedded Flash Memory to Luminary Micro MoSys, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOSY), the leading provider of high-density system-on-chip (SoC) ... CMOS logic process. This flash technology is substantially faster than other embedded flash memory ... memory devices. While supporting the full spectrum of memory devices, including NOR, NAND, DRAM, SRAM [more...]

Date: 2007-07-18 04:01:49
Blog: EDA Blog - Electronic D...

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Nokia at work an yet another removable flash memory format

In many ways, flash memory has become the darling of the storage industry ... flash memory, however, doesn't translate into a unified flash product—which is why Nokia is leading ... . Not only do a huge variety of devices use flash for basic data storage, we're already seeing [more...]

Date: 2007-09-15 18:28:26
Blog: Technology Life...

iPhone, iPod sales set to drive up cost of flash memory

NAND Flash memory prices have risen four to seven percent in the last months as NAND producers move to a new more advanced manufacturing process to make even thinner chips. This, combined with Apple’s voracious consumption of Flash memory could further drive up prices in the coming months, according to a report released by Taiwanese market [more...]

Date: 2007-07-19 18:51:19
Blog: TechSpot: News and View...

Shortage of NAND flash memory

Shortage of NAND flash memory Posted Oct 2nd 2007 8:45AM by Eric Buscemi Filed under: Earnings reports, Intel (INTC), Texas Instruments (TXN), Bargain stocksToshiba Corporation (OTC: TOSBF), the large memory chip manufacturer, said that it has sold out of its supply of NAND flash memory. Also, there have been reports that increased [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 08:45:00
Blog: BloggingStocks...

Samsung starts mass production of 16GB flash memory

Apple fans all over the globe are panting uncontrollably after Samsung’s latest announcement. Samsung will be the first to mass produce 16Gb NAND flash memory. The tech specs from Samsung ... flash memory crazy lately? via Gizmodo Major props to Gizmodo for the photo, it was too good [more...]

Date: 2007-04-30 20:18:08
Blog: Gadgetell...

Samsung to boost chip production after power outage

Last Friday, a power outage caused by a switchboard malfunction on a substation transformer forced five lines at Samsung’s NAND flash memory plant ... of Samsung's total output of NAND flash memory chips, which are widely used in portable gadget ... in Kiheung. There was also a worry that a flash memory shortage prompted by the power outage would [more...]

Date: 2007-08-06 19:49:52
Blog: Extra Technology News...

SanDisk: Good Earnings Baked In?

Cramer liked yesterday's JP Morgan upgrade of SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK) and said that the stock is a long-term winner because of flash memory ... constraints raising flash memory prices and high demand for products that will occur during a seasonally ... companies to introduce products like camera phones and MP3 players that rely on the NAND chips [more...]

Date: 2007-07-19 14:54:28
Blog: Ant & Sons...

Consumer electronics importers have been hit by a sudden rise in prices this month, as Chinese factories unexpectedly ran into global shortages in supplies of Taiwan and Korea-made NAND flash memory chips. Flash memory is the most expensive component in personal electronics [more...]

Date: 2007-08-15 09:55:11
Blog: PRWeb::The Online Visib...

Toshiba subpoenaed by US DOJ over flash memory business

Filed under: Storage Just over a week after two Samsung execs were arrested for fraud in Thailand, ... a government probe into possible price-fixing in the NAND flash memory industry.” Notably, a Toshiba ... another flash memory leader is facing a bit of legal heat. Reportedly, Toshiba “said [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 11:06:35
Blog: fulgore.net : gaming ne...

Toshiba subpoenaed by US DOJ over flash memory business

Filed under: Storage Just over a week after two Samsung execs were arrested for fraud in Thailand, ... a government probe into possible price-fixing in the NAND flash memory industry.” Notably, a Toshiba ... another flash memory leader is facing a bit of legal heat. Reportedly, Toshiba “said [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 08:48:15
Blog: Promaxum Technology New...

Toshiba subpoenaed by US DOJ over flash memory business

Filed under: Storage Just over a week after two Samsung execs were arrested for fraud in Thailand, ... a government probe into possible price-fixing in the NAND flash memory industry.” Notably, a Toshiba ... another flash memory leader is facing a bit of legal heat. Reportedly, Toshiba “said [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 09:10:03
Blog: My Geek News: All the l...

Toshiba subpoenaed by US DOJ over flash memory business

Filed under: Storage Just over a week after two Samsung execs were arrested for fraud in Thailand, ... a government probe into possible price-fixing in the NAND flash memory industry.” Notably, a Toshiba ... another flash memory leader is facing a bit of legal heat. Reportedly, Toshiba “said [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 09:14:12
Blog: TechBlogger...

Toshiba subpoenaed by US DOJ over flash memory business

Filed under: Storage Just over a week after two Samsung execs were arrested for fraud in Thailand, ... a government probe into possible price-fixing in the NAND flash memory industry.” Notably, a Toshiba ... another flash memory leader is facing a bit of legal heat. Reportedly, Toshiba “said [more...]

Date: 2007-09-16 08:32:12
Blog: Wired iPod, iPod News, ...

Report: flash memory overflow without Apple

Flash memory producers could actually suffer from oversupply this fall without Apple's help, say new estimates from southeast Asian researchers. Although initial reckoning suggested that Samsung's unprecedented factory power cut and the subsequent loss of millions of chips could have reduced world supply of NAND flash by as much as 20 [more...]

Date: 2007-08-29 17:55:00
Blog: MacNN | MacNN | The Mac...

Samsung unveils 16GB Flash memory

Samsung unveils 16GB Flash memory Korean giant claims highest capacity memory chip availableT-Mobile launches UK music siteInvestigations into BSkyB ... monitors; Hard drive megatest; Publish your own book... ...and much more Subscribe today [more...]

Date: 2007-04-30 12:15:09
Blog: Personal Computer World...

Cowen Initiates On Three More Chip Companies: Stec, Spansion, Bad; Silicon Motion, Good

It’s been a busy day for Cowen & Co.’s Betsy Van Hees, who initiated coverage today on flash memory chip maker SanDisk (SNDK) ... -state disk drives, among other things; Spansion (SPSN), another flash memory venture that was formerly ... ), which makes radio frequency tuner chips and flash memory controller chips, among other things [more...]

Date: 2007-08-03 20:01:55
Blog: Tech Trader Daily - Bar...

How to use ReadyBoost to uh Boost yourPerformance

One of the better Windows Vista features I’ve seen is ReadyBoost ... to your system. The flash memory used is nowhere as fast as RAM, but it is sometimes faster than hard ... ) 1 flash, best performance, flash drive, flash memory, hard drives, misinformation, pagefile, ram cache [more...]

Date: 2007-10-19 12:31:10
Blog: PCTipsBox...

Who's in NAND

They race each other in process-technology and emerging applications in the marketplace including flash BIOS, ... flash memory device ~3-bit MLC technology also produces 48-Gbit MLC NAND flash memories in the 40nm ... solid-state storage and flash-equipped television with digital video recorder functions. Here's [more...]

Date: 2007-08-22 16:13:25
Blog: thumb tacks, thumb tech...

Samsung to deliver only 85% of promised NAND flash to “its major customers”

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video, StorageRemember that Seoul power outage which took down six chip production lines for the world's largest flash memory producer, Samsung? Well, those predictions of NAND flash memory shortages ... , then Samsung will be fulfilling only 85% of their promised NAND flash deliveries to "its major customers [more...]

Date: 2007-08-17 11:00:28
Blog: Tech Web Daily: Just a...

Can You See the Future?

Can You See the Future? May 8 2007 4:30PM | Permalink | Email this | Comments (0) | When it comes to hard drives and solid state (flash) ... of extreme requirements. Flash memory has a lot going for it—it can be small, lightweight, consume less ... drives, etc. But on a per-GByte basis, flash memory is much more expensive than hard drives, costing [more...]

Date: 2007-08-23 16:44:04
Blog: Advertisement...

One for Apple, three for everybody else?

Apple's long shadow over the flash memory market might help it avoid serious problems in the wake of Samsung's production outage ... firm, estimated that Apple consumes 25 percent of the world's supply of NAND flash memory, and Samsung ... . The second half of the year was already shaping up to be tight, as flash memory companies switch [more...]

Date: 2007-08-03 20:49:05
Blog: Extra Technology News...

Samsung to deliver only 85% of promised NAND flash to "its major customers"

Remember that Seoul power outage which took down six chip production lines for the world's largest flash memory producer, Samsung? Well, those predictions of NAND flash memory shortages appear to be ringing true. If statements ... % of their promised NAND flash deliveries to "its major customers" in the second half of August. http [more...]

Date: 2007-08-17 11:32:45
Blog: Madshrimps Forum Madnes...

EU Gives Thumbs-Up to Intel, STMicro Flash Memory Partnership

Regulators from the European Union have given their blessing for a plan by Intel and STMicroelectronics to spin off and combine their respective flash memory chip units. The proposal, which also calls for a major cash infusion from a private equity firm, would not pose an unfair risk to competition in the robust flash memory market, the EU [more...]

Date: 2007-08-13 22:49:35
Blog: Groundhogtech...

EU Gives Thumbs-Up to Intel, STMicro Flash Memory Partnership

Regulators from the European Union have given their blessing for a plan by Intel and STMicroelectronics to spin off and combine their respective flash memory chip units. The proposal, which also calls for a major cash infusion from a private equity firm, would not pose an unfair risk to competition in the robust flash memory market, the EU [more...]

Date: 2007-08-13 20:06:19
Blog: TechNewsWorld: All Tech...

Manufacturer Woes With The New Apple iPhone

Since we have been talking about the Apple iPhone I thought we should just continue along ... . In a series of press releases, Samsung admitted that on August 4th a flash memory factory near Seoul ... Manager Rose Li: “Flash memory prices are known to be volatile, but this jump in prices is unusually [more...]

Date: 2007-08-15 17:32:49
Blog: All News And Informatio...

Toshiba's newest NAND Flash Technology

Toshiba Corporation today announced a new three dimensional memory cell array structure that enhances cell density and data capacity without relying ... technology for meeting future demand for higher density NAND flash memory. Typically, advances ... inside the silicon-nitride film. NAND flash memory functions through batch processing of cells [more...]

Date: 2007-06-12 22:38:34
Blog: The Composed Gentleman...

416Gb IDE Flash Solid State Disks Coming Soon from BiTMICRO

Quote: BiTMICRO to Debut 416GB IDE Flash Solid State Disk Packed in 2 ... transfer modes, will utilize the latest high-density single level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory chips ... . Featuring the company’s cutting-edge EDSA™ flash I/O controller and LUNETA™ memory flash interface [more...]

Date: 2007-09-12 19:23:46
Blog: Datalk.com - Computer, ...

BiTMICRO: 416GB SSD in a 2.5" Drive

BiTMICRO Networks is upping the ante today for solid state hard drives with plans to release a 416GB drive in a small, 2 ... level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory chips to deliver a storage capacity of up to 416 GB, while providing ... the company's cutting-edge EDSA flash I/O controller and LUNETA memory flash interface ASICs, E-Disk [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 17:33:28
Blog: Consumer Electronics Da...

Unified Flash Storage proposed as “new flash standard to reduce card clutte”

A new flash memory card specification has the backing of three major mobile phone companies and other parts of the electronics industry ... , but there are some big names behind it: Micron, Nokia, Samsung (as a manufacturer of both flash memory ... of the embedded and removable markets for many years," added Giuseppe Crisenza, NAND flash group general [more...]

Date: 2007-09-17 20:02:18
Blog: D’ Technology Weblog: ...

Toshiba 16GB flash chip means even more space to lie fallow on iPods

Products, such as digital music players, ... of this year, that’s set to double when Toshiba’s new NAND flash memory becomes available. The 16GB ... that rely on flash memory have until now typically peaked at 8GB of storage simply because memory [more...]

Date: 2007-04-17 11:28:59
Blog: Digital World Tokyo...

Samsung flash production back on track

Samsung's flash memory production is back on track, after an outage caused disruptions on five production lines ... estimate. Some analysts had feared the outage could wipe out a month's worth of flash supply from the number-one maker of NAND flash memory, sending prices skyrocketing.Research: iPhone demand remains [more...]

Date: 2007-08-04 17:26:43
Blog: The Utility Belt: Tech ...

snapshot 10/11/07

iPod classic: the last hurrah for HDD-based iPods? The latest incarnation of the classic iPod appears to be a stopgap measure targeted solely at ... million in 2008. In contrast, combined shipments of the new NAND flash memory-based iPod nano ... to 60 percent annual reductions in flash memory pricing to maintain or decrease its production costs [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 23:26:29
Blog: Digital Media Rants...

Dell, Intel and Microsoft Join Forces to Increase Adoption of NAND-Based Flash Memory

samsung flash hdd Broad adoption of NAND flash memory technology in the PC platform received a boost with the formation of the Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) Working Group [more...]

Date: 2007-06-01 05:28:41
Blog: eHomeUpgrade | Connect...

News - 2007.07.17 - Late Edition

Verigy Unveils V5000ep Memory Test Solution for Small Lot Production Verigy (NASDAQ:VRGY) ... on new memory devices. While supporting the full spectrum of memory devices, including NOR, NAND, DRAM ... Ships 1T-FLASH Embedded Flash Memory to Luminary Micro MoSys, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOSY), the leading provider [more...]

Date: 2007-07-18 00:27:35
Blog: embedded systems info :...

Through The Fly's Eyes: Micron Technologies

from Theflyonthewall.com Shortage of NAND Flash Memory Toshiba (TOSBF), the large memory chip manufacturer, said that it has sold out of its supply of NAND flash memory. Also, there have been reports that increased handset and smartphone demand is leading to a pick [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 11:23:35
Blog: Theflyonthewall.blog...

Intel, STMicro, Francisco Partners Form JV For Flash Memory

For months now, the Street has been expecting Intel (INTC) ... its flash memory assets, including its NAND joint venture and NOR assets; Intel will contribute ... to take some drastic action with its money losing NOR flash memory business; this morning [more...]

Date: 2007-05-22 13:46:48
Blog: Tech Trader Daily - Bar...

Flash memory shortages on the way?

Samsung, one of the world’s largest flash memory manufacturers, might have a bit of a supply problem on their hands ... this month, shutting down 6 production lines at the same time. Samsung is claiming that a flash ... is that such seemingly minor dips in production can have wide reaching effects, with NAND prices expected [more...]

Date: 2007-08-19 12:58:59
Blog: The Boy Genius Report...

EDA News - 2007.08.10

Mellanox NFS-RDMA SDK for InfiniBand Delivers 10X Throughput Improvement Mellanox(TM) Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MLNX) (TASE:MLNX) ... will be the focal point for this initiative in embedded systems. Winbond Develops First Serial Flash Memory with Quad-SPI Winbond Electronics Corporation announced at the Flash Memory Summit the industry's [more...]

Date: 2007-08-10 16:30:01
Blog: EDA Blog - Electronic D...

iPhone to juice demand for flash memory?

About four years ago, after a dinner in Palo Alto, I struck up a conversation with Phil Schiller, Apple (AAPL) ... one of my favorite sports. That evening, I wanted to talk about NAND flash memory. Apple wasn't using ... had no plans to use flash, he said. Hard drives just had way more storage for the price, and he didn't see [more...]

Date: 2007-07-30 16:00:31
Blog: The Utility Belt: Tech ...

Intel profit jumps 45 percent despite price war

(InfoWorld) - Intel said its quarterly profit rose 44 percent over last year, reaching $1 ... , Otellini said. Intel also had mixed results in flash memory chips, where it generated strong revenue from NAND chips, but NOR flash chip sales were weaker than expected. Those flash memory results helped [more...]

Date: 2007-07-17 21:29:44
Blog: InfoWorld - Information...

Apple: Prying Open The iPhone To Check Out The Parts

Seems a shame to rip-open a brand new Apple (AAPL) iPhone, but duty calls. So the folks at iFixit.com took up the challenge, and broke one down. Among other parts, they found: Samsung-produced NAND Flash memory, as well as a Samsung ... chip. An Intel (INTC) NOR Flash memory chip. RBC Capital’s Mark Sue adds that the device also [more...]

Date: 2007-07-02 15:18:41
Blog: Tech Trader Daily - Bar...

Flash memory rebounds due to weak Apple demand?

Stock of NAND flash memory controllers may be resurgent after an apparent softening of demand from Apple, says system-on-a-chip maker Silicon Motion's chief Stephen Kou. Despite what first appeared to be a major shortage of the memory itself, instigated by a power cut at a number of Samsung's factories [more...]

Date: 2007-09-21 19:22:36
Blog: MacNN | MacNN | The Mac...

Hard Drive without switching on the computer

Slashdot It! New FlashMate hybrid hard drive technology has been introduced that allows data to be read, ... in NAND flash controllers and memory subsystem design with Insyde Software's expertise in PC BIOS ... by a NAND flash drive acting as a data cache. By using the NAND flash memory buffer when the system [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 00:48:18
Blog: Tech Talk...

iPhone / iPod to consume 25% of global flash memory output?

C'mon, don't act so shocked -- you had to realize that these record sales of NAND-based iPhones and iPods were using up some serious flash memory, right? Turns out, Apple's two biggest hits are "expected to consume 25-percent of the global flash output," which could in turn drive up prices of said memory in the not too distant ...... [more...]

Date: 2007-07-19 10:32:06
Blog: Gadget Insight Gadget ...

News: Apple demand causing NAND shortages?

Recent increases in Apple’s orders of NAND flash memory are causing difficulties for other customers of the company’s suppliers, reports DigiTimes ... beginning in July, according to Taiwan memory house sources. Both companies told customers in late June that July supplies would be constrained as Apple pre-stocks the flash memory in anticipation of… [more...]

Date: 2007-07-10 13:47:07
Blog: All things iPod, iPhone...

Remembering the Memory Maker Memos

Last year the companies in the memory segment of the semiconductor industry were working flat out in anticipation of rising demand on the heels of ... ) is the third-largest supplier of NOR flash memory and is combining its memory business with that of Intel ... . This is not frankly a particular quarter for pricing pressure on flash when including both [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 11:00:54
Blog: Stock Market Beat ...

iPhone’s Components and Samsung’s Future

In an earlier post, we looked at the major suppliers for iPhone’s components ... : Advanced RISC (ARM) applications processor DDR SDRAM NAND flash memory Among these components, NAND ... as a surprise. Samsung also supplies NAND flash memory for Apple’s iPods. Just an aside on NAND [more...]

Date: 2007-07-09 16:24:42
Blog: Sramana Mitra on Strate...

News - 2007.05.22 - Late Edition

Intel, ST, Francisco Form Flash Memory Company STMicroelectronics, ... will be on supplying flash memory solutions for a variety of consumer and industrial devices, including cellular [more...]

Date: 2007-05-22 23:01:07
Blog: What's New on Embedded ...

Coming soon: the solid state server and TVs with auto-rewind

Flash memory makers have taken over cell phones and MP3 players and want to start moving into notebooks. So what's next on the colonization roadmap? ... . Servers typically come with large drives, and flash memory costs around 10 times as much as space ... Servers, says Frankie Roohparvar, vice president of NAND development at Micron Technologies [more...]

Date: 2007-08-13 17:35:07
Blog: WinBeta.org Beta News a...

AMD 780G: chipset integrated DirectX 10

It is scheduled for the month of January, according to forecasts from the site xbitlabs with this news, ... : it is a logic control for NAND Flash memory integrated directly into the system, both in the form ... platforms will have a memory of NAND Flash type to be matched with that system in order to ease [more...]

Date: 2007-10-18 05:36:21
Blog: COMPUTER & ELECTRONIC n...

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