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Intel announces the first SSDs on the market with 144-layer NAND memory

by Pablo López 1 hour ago … Intel has just announced its new line of Optane memory and SSDs for home environments and data centers. Intel is loaded with news for the 2021, from new Optane memories to SSDs intended for regular consumers and high-performance data centers. Starting with the memories, the Intel Optane Memory… Read more

SSD Prices Set to Drop in Q1 Due to Oversupply of 3D NAND

Home News (Image credit: Micron) As leading makers increase their 3D NAND bit output, prices of flash memory drop due to oversupply. This leads to sinking prices for solid-state drives as other types of NAND-based storage devices. Analysts from TrendForce predict that next quarter prices of client and server SSDs will drop by another 10% to 15%… Read more

Intel introduces new Optane, TLC and QLC SSDs

At the Memory and Storage Day Intel has some news from the area of NAND and Optane memory presented. Two points played an important role in the course of the event. On the one hand, Intel once again announced the sale of the NAND flash division to SK Hynix. This should be completed by 2025…. Read more

RAM: Teamgroup plans to sell DDR5 SDRAM from the third quarter of 2021

Memory module manufacturer Teamgroup has announced that from the third quarter 2021 first DDR5 Wanting to deliver kits to end customers. The period is agreed with the two chip manufacturers AMD and Intel. Means: Platforms that use DDR5 modules should reach the market at this point. According to their own statements, Teamgroup is currently testing… Read more

Chip industry: Intel undisputed at the top of sales, AMD in 15th place

Intel is expected to hold first place among the top-selling semiconductor companies this year. The market researcher IC Insights estimates that by the end of the year the chip manufacturer 73, 89 will earn billions of dollars. With a sales increase of 4 percent compared to the previous year, Intel would grow at a below-average… Read more

Market Researchers Make Predictions: DDR5, GDDR6, GDDR6X, LPDDR5, LPDDR5X Examined

Home News (Image credit: SK Hynix) Adoption of any new technology by the market takes time. Earlier this year JEDEC published the final DDR5 specification, which marked the start of an industry-wide journey towards transition to the new memory standard. But this journey is going to take several years, according to analysts from TrendForce. While the… Read more

TechInsights Outlines the Future of 3D NAND Flash

Home News Joengdong Choe, Senior Technical Fellow at TechInsights, Inc., gave two presentations during the 2020 Flash Memory Summit detailing the future of 3D NAND and other emerging memories. TechInsights is known for its analysis and reverse engineering of multiple semiconductor products including flash. Choe’s presentation this year included a 2014-2023 roadmap along with some… Read more

Phison’s New PCIe 4.0 Controller Tested: 7.4 GBps of Potential

Home Features (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) Just as the CPU is the brains of your computer, the SSD is the brains behind your storage drive. Though many companies produce SSDs, most don’t make their own controllers. Phison is a leader in the SSD controller space and one of only a few companies that produce the… Read more

TSMC Places Massive EUV Tools Order to Boost Capacity

Home News (Image credit: ASML) Earlier this year, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.) said that it had deployed around 50% of all extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools installed and run worldwide, which means that it uses more EUV machines than any other company in the industry. According to a Digitimes report, TSMC plans to stay… Read more

Huawei could get chips from Qualcomm again

After it was announced yesterday that Huawei would like to part with its subsidiary Honor, there now seems to be more encouraging news for the Chinese telecommunications supplier. The company is said to have received permission again to purchase SoCs from the US semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm. Samsung, Intel and LG have also received a special… Read more

Sabrent Rocket Q4 M.2 NVMe SSD Review: PCIe Gen4 Speed at Gen3 Pricing

Our Verdict Sporting a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface and the latest quad-plane QLC flash from Micron, the Rocket Q4 has the goods to deliver performance, and it comes with competitive pricing. For Aesthetic appeal High performance and efficiency Up to 5-years warranty Against 1-year warranty without registration Slow write speed after write cache fills Low… Read more

Micron Now Shipping 176-Layer 3D TLC NAND Flash

Home News While we were just getting used to 96-Layer flash becoming commonplace and over 100-Layer flash from Samsung and SK hynix is just starting to enter the market, Micron announced its next-generation 176-layer replacement gate flash is now in volume production and shipping, setting a new high for layer counts. (Image credit: Micron) Micron’s… Read more

300mm Fab Spend Skyrocketing: 38 New Fabs Expected by 2024

Home News (Image credit: TSMC) Demand for advanced chips has been increasing gradually in the recent years and is expected to snowball faster in the coming years, due to trends like 5G, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and edge computing. A report from SEMI, an association of chip design and manufacturing supply chain companies, announced this… Read more

Samsung Display acquires license to trade with Huawei, but that may not be enough

Starting on September 15 Huawei was cut off from Samsung Display and LG Display, which supply a fraction of the panels used in the new Mate 40 Pro model. Now Reuters and The Elec report that Samsung Display has successfully acquired a license to sell certain panels to the Chinese company. However, that’s not the… Read more

GOODRAM presents a biodegradable flash drive 16, 32 and 64 GB

All producers are now trying to be more and more environmentally friendly. The slogans of environmental protection and biodegradability are fashionable. Now, GOODRAM – a popular brand that belongs to the Polish company Wilk Elektronik – has fitted in this trend perfectly. From the very beginning, GOODRAM focuses on the design and production of RAM… Read more