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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. 64Gb = 8GB = incremental improvement by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't know if I want storage that can't be addressed in 4 bytes.

  2. Combine by MyLongNickName · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you can combine 16 of these to get 128GB. Can you combine 32 to get 256GB? And what if you combine 128 of them for 1TB!? The possibilities are endless.

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    1. Re:Combine by jimstapleton · · Score: 4, Funny

      no, no, it's not like that. Flash memory chips are like uranium/plutonium/etc - once a chunk reaches a certain mass (depending on purity), they have a habit of exploding.

      See, if you combine 16 of them, you'll probably just lose your computer, and be otherwise ok. However at 256, the room your computer is in will probably be a lost cause. At 128? Good by city.

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  3. God bless the summaries... by doyoulikeworms · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that provide storage sizes in units easy to relate with, namely pirated media.

  4. Oblig. Porn Comment by R2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So if I can hold all my porn in one hand, and work the keyboard with the other...

    How's this supposed to work, again?

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  5. 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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    1. Re:Bad math by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 4, Funny

      How much does that work out to in Libraries of Congress?

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  6. Don't ask "but how many writes before it fails?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Every single fucking time a flash memory article is posted some bunch of fucktards asks the same damn bunch of asshat questions or makes the same stupid "observation".

    The claim is that flash memory will somehow wear out too quickly to be useful; or "only lasts a few thousand writes" or some other stupid ass comment.

    Please please please - look up older articles and read the comments or just read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_levelling and shut up. Flash memory and its controllers have improved to the point where it's reasonable to expect an SSD to last longer than a typical PC or laptop's useful life.