What is NAND flash memory? NAND flash is a type of nonvolatile memory that is accessed like a mass storage device (e.g., a hard drive). A form of electronically erasable programmable readonly memory ...

Dedicated entirely to flash memory design and application, the first annual Flash Memory Summit, held in San Jose, CA, from August 8 to 10,* will provide attendees with practical information on the ...

Flash memory has deeply penetrated consumer goods with its rising densities and falling price/bit. But new technologies will try to replace it. Flash memory is on a roll. It has gone from a backup, ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NEO Semiconductor™, the developer of innovative X-NAND™ architecture, today announced the company has been granted two U.S. patents under the title “Methods and ...

Octal flash memory, or octal data transfer interface, utilizes eight data lines for input and output operations, resulting in significantly higher data transfer rates compared to serial, dual, and ...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) plans to develop flash memory chips that blend the best characteristics of the two dominant flash memory architectures, the company announced. AMD’s Ornand chips are ...

Silicon Storage Technology, Inc., a leader in Flash memory technology, and Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co., Ltd. (HHNEC), one of Chinas leading semiconductorfoundries, today announced the ...

Much like the end of Moore’s Law, the scaling challenges of flash memory have been a significant issue for several years. Embedded flash memory is reaching its limits as technology nodes for embedded ...

SanDisk has set up a design center in Bangalore, India, that will do core design work for its flash memory products, the company announced Tuesday. The center currently employs 10 engineers and will ...

Exponential increases in data and demand for improved performance to process that data has spawned a variety of new approaches to processor design and packaging, but it also is driving big changes on ...

Apple has now confirmed reports that it purchased Israeli flash design firm Anobit, but did <em>not</em> comment on the purchase price. An impressive acquisition, not ...