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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. "
With storage capacity becoming a big issue on the newer, more powerful cell phones, this flash memory comes in at just the right time.
For everyone who wants to buy Apple, this type of memory will be very nice for your Rokr. For everyone else, it'll be nice for your MP3 player phones.
Jesus saved me from my past. He can save you as well.
Coming to an iPod near you....
so should I wait to buy the iPod nano or not?
MORTAR COMBAT!
Get ready for the iPod Mano - Man-sized storage in a Nano package.
If you haven't figured it out yet....let me explain. Hardware is much more advanced than software or the consumer. This technology COULD have...probably SHOULD have been availble a few years ago. It's a smart move to stagger the release of technological advances for monetary gain. This is best business practise. For the pron conniseurs out there..."if you blow your load to quickly...," what do you have to gain?