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Samsung Unveils 64-Gbit Flash Memory Chip

Posted by kdawson on from the thanks-for-the-memories dept.

Lucas123 writes "The chips can be combined to create a 128-GB flash storage device capable of holding up to 80 DVD movies or 32,000 MP3 music files. The chip was created using 30-nanometer processing technology that was developed with Samsung's self-aligned double patterning technology. Manufacturing will start in 2009; but the article quotes a Gartner analyst who reminds us, 'Samsung has had a difficult time adhering to its timelines for mass production due to the complexity of MLC architectures and ever shrinking process geometries.'"

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  1. Great math, author. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "128-GB flash storage device capable of holding up to 80 DVD movies"

    Those must be some pretty small DVDs.

  2. Storage size limit? by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "The chips can be combined to create a 128-GB flash storage device capable of holding up to 80 DVD movies or 32,000 MP3 music files.

    Am I missing something about that statement, or is it really as stupid as it sounds?

    With some time, I could create a 128-*Peta*byte storage device with those chips. In the worst case scenario, you build a device out of multiple 128-GB flash devices.

  3. This Is Great, But... by MrCrassic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Has Samsung improved on the inherently bad Flash write speeds? If not, then I don't really see too much of a point for anything other than desktops (where much more revenue could be made for server or workstation-based uses).

  4. Say Goodbye to Microdrives by wolff000 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I never liked the micro drives for portable devices. I move around a lot and the micro drives tend to die on me. Where as the flash players I have had last well forever so far. The only one that died was one I dropped from 300 feet up while rock climbing.

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    1. Re:Say Goodbye to Microdrives by Firethorn · · Score: 2, Interesting

      The only one that died was one I dropped from 300 feet up while rock climbing.

      I'm surprised you found it at all.

      I wonder if the only reason you couldn't access it was because the interface was damaged - IE you fix the USB port and it'd work again.

      Stuff as small as thumb drives tend to have a pretty low terminal velocity - 20 ft and 300 ft end up being pretty much the same.

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  5. What about the limited number of rewrites? by ke_da_wei · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Until they make it possible to rewrite as many times as you can on a traditional hard drive, why would you need one so big?

  6. Bad math by damn_registrars · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Am I the only person tired of seeing storage listed in terms of "songs"? Come on,

    32,000 MP3 music files Really, that number doesn't mean squat. I have a friend who love punk music, where the songs are on average about 45 seconds long. I have another friend who listens to classical music, where many songs are 5 minutes or more. How could you possibly equate those two?

    Wouldn't it just make a lot more sense to say it could hold X hours of music, instead?
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  7. What cost ? by Alain+Williams · · Score: 2, Interesting

    and how long does such storage last before bits go bad ?