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Samsung Develops 16Gb Flash Memory
nofrance writes "As promised earlier this year, Samsung has unveiled the world's first 16-gigabit flash memory chip. These chips, when combined in a 16x16 configurations, will allow 32 GigaByte flash cards. Using 50-nanometer manufacturing technology, these chips will be in production by the second half of 2006, with Samsung promising that their 32Gb team will impress next year." From the article: "According to the company, the cell size of the fingernail-sized flash chip has been reduced about 25 percent from that of the 60 nm 8 Gbit NAND: The new 50 nm flash memory contains cells that measure 0.00625 square microns per bit. The 16 Gbit device holds 16.4 billion functional transistors, Samsung said. "
Although I would probably need at least 20..
guess I should hold off on that Apple iPod nano, eh?
The revolution will NOT be televised.
FTA:
The 16Gbit device holds 16.4 billion functional transistors
Woah, that's a relief. I was afraid that I might be buying a device with billions of non-functional or even disfunctional transistors.
Now that Samsung has distinguished this for me, from now on, I'm going to make sure all the devices I purchase have fully functional transistors.
Falun Dafa is good!
Cue the "is that a 32GB pr0n flash card in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me" jokes.
That outta be enough for anybody!
Step 1: Pull out fingernails
Step 2: put fingernailsized flash memorychip on place of fingernail
Now just a way to power them up and use them. Any ideas
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1E5 is ... 1.
Damn.
No WiMax. Less songs than a shuffle. Lame.
Get a free iPod Nano 4GB!
But then 32GB appears to be fabricated by conventional means rather the new unobtanium substrates used by AtomChip.
When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
Just to translate for the masses, that comes to roughly .0032 LOCs (assuming 1 Library of Congress = 10 TB). Sometimes terms like "Giga Bytes" can get confusing.
I thought of that. The problem is, is that my fingernails are pretty much curved, making it tough to glue anything on it. My guess is, is that the base of the nail is flatter, so pulling them out would be the way to go.
Then again, the flat base concerns a guess, so maybe I should start with one nail only.
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When Argumentum ad Hominem falls short, try Argumentum ad Matrem
Because 1E5 is 100,000, not 10,000. :)
What?! I think if you are going around, shooting weddings, and making profit off of this grisly business, solid state drives are the least of your concerns. I would be more worried about things like: law enforcement, two families revenge, and Kaiser Sose.
In related news, you may want to do us all a favor and put down the violent video games. Thanks!
Side note, solid business model:
The IceMan, from HBO's Iceman confessions, would be proud.* Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
* In Soviet Russia, card flashes YOU!
* Sounds great, but does it run Linux?
* 1. Create huge flash memory card
2. ???
3. Profit
* I for one welcome our new 32GB overlords
* Rumor has it these cards will be shipped with Duke Nukem Forever.
* 32 GB of pr0n in your pocket
* ALL YOUR MEMORY ARE BELONG TO SAMSUNG!!
* CowboyNeal posted this two months ago.
* Free iPod with 32GB flash filled with naked and petrified Natalie Portman!
* Stephen king is dead/you must be new here/I have no memory you insensitive clod/no carrier/^H^H^H^H^H^H/BSD is dead/Google will do this better/Hot grit down my pants/etc.
There - no need to post any joke posts. And PLEASE don't reply with the ones i missed.
SIG: TAKE OFF EVERY 'CAPTAIN'!!