Plextor recently unveiled its next-generation of SSD (solid-state drive), which uses the world’s smallest 64-gigabit NAND memory chip on 19-nanometer (nm) process technology, at Computex 2013.
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Samsung to spend $7 billion on memory chip production
Samsung Electronics is reportedly planning to build a new memory chip production line in China in late March. 0 1731
Western Digital and SanDisk deliver their first hybrid drive
Western Digital has released new information about its first hybrid drive, revealing that it is using NAND flash technology from …
IBM pledges $1bn for Flash-based R&D
Following its buy-out of solid-state storage maker Texas Memory Systems (TMS) last autumn, IBM today said it plans to make a $1 …
Gartner: In-memory computing gaining traction
According to analyst firm Gartner, in-memory computing is “racing towards mainstream adoption”. Gartner believes that the “rapid maturation of application …
Buffalo set to release ‘world’s fastest’ external hard drive
Buffalo Technology has set the end of February as the launch date for its DriveStation DDR external hard disk enclosure, …
Fusion-io software turns servers into shared flash storage
PCIe flash module maker Fusion-io has unveiled software than can combine NAND flash storage capacity in industry-standard servers into a …
Toshiba cuts NAND flash production by 30 percent
Toshiba announced a reduction in its production of NAND flash memory, which go into smartphones, tablets and storage devices, by …
Micron to buy struggling Elpida Memory for $2.5B
Micron Technology announced yesterday that it will acquire struggling Elpida Memory, the third largest producer of DRAM memory, for $750 million and …
LSI launches Nytro application acceleration cards
LSI yesterday announced a portfolio of NAND flash-based PCIe cards aimed at accelerating application performance in servers and storage area networks connected to the …
LSI to buy flash controller maker SandForce
Fabless semi-conductor maker LSI today announced it will acquire SandForce, a maker of flash memory controllers for enterprise-class and consumer …