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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a non-volatile memory that has the same basic structure as a flash memory but is made from cheap, flexible, organic materials. http://www.physorg.com/news180259614.html Technology Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:07:41 EST news180259614 Toshiba Corporation today announced the launch of a 64 gigabyte (GB) embedded NAND flash memory module, the highest capacity yet achieved in the industry. http://www.physorg.com/news180115490.html Technology Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:30:14 EST news180115490 German semi-conductor maker Infineon on Thursday upgraded its turnover and profits forecast over the next 12 months because of higher demand from the auto industry and cost cuts. http://www.physorg.com/news177847457.html Technology Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:30:04 EST news177847457 (PhysOrg.com) -- Until Oct. 24, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover had gone more than six months without an episode of amnesia-like symptoms like those that appeared on four occasions earlier this year. http://www.physorg.com/news176195599.html Space & Earth Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:14:12 EST news176195599 (PhysOrg.com) -- The ability to store and retrieve data is an important component of today's computers, as well as other modern electronic devices such as cell phones, video game consoles, and camcorders. Since their invention in the 1950s, magnetic-based hard disk drives (HDDs) have been the primary method of nonvolatile storage. However, researchers are currently developing several new and promising nonvolatile memory (NVM) technologies, but for one of them to replace HDDs within the next decade, it will be a challenge. http://www.physorg.com/news175505861.html Electronics Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:40:03 EST news175505861 SanDisk announced it has begun production shipments of flash memory cards based on the company's advanced X4 flash memory technology. This innovative new technology holds four bits of data in each memory cell, twice as many as the cells in conventional multi-level cell (MLC) NAND (2-bits-per-cell) memory chips. http://www.physorg.com/news174919620.html Electronics Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:10:01 EST news174919620 Advances by the Rice University lab of James Tour have brought graphite's potential as a mass data storage medium a step closer to reality and created the potential for reprogrammable gate arrays that could bring about a revolution in integrated circuit logic design. http://www.physorg.com/news171742062.html Nanotechnology Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:08:29 EST news171742062 (AP) -- Once again, it's time to peer into Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs' cup and try to read the tea leaves. http://www.physorg.com/news171537848.html Technology Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:40:01 EST news171537848 Leveraging lightning-fast technology already familiar to many from the micro storage world of digital cameras, thumb drives and laptop computers, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego today unveiled a "super-sized" version - a "flash" memory-based supercomputer that accelerates investigation of a wide range of data-intensive science problems. http://www.physorg.com/news171094132.html Electronics Wed, 02 Sep 2009 07:30:01 EST news171094132 Japanese high-tech giant Toshiba said Wednesday it had lost more than 600 million dollars in the fiscal first quarter as the economic downturn hit sales of televisions and other electronics. http://www.physorg.com/news168074284.html Technology Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:50:02 EST news168074284 (PhysOrg.com) -- The race is on for a successor to the popular 'flash' memory used in portable devices. European researchers think they have found a candidate in novel materials combined with a simple, easily fabricated 'crossbar' architecture. http://www.physorg.com/news167493381.html Technology Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:20:05 EST news167493381 Intel is moving to a more advanced, 34- nanometer manufacturing process for its NAND flash-based Solid State Drive (SSD) products, which are an alternative to a computer's hard drive. The move to 34nm will help lower prices of the SSDs up to 60 percent for PC and laptop makers and consumers who buy them due to the reduced die size and advanced engineering design. http://www.physorg.com/news167406516.html Electronics Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:49:32 EST news167406516 Thirty years ago Sony launched the Walkman, a gadget which revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music but has since been overtaken by an icon of the digital age -- the iPod. http://www.physorg.com/news165644510.html Electronics Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:30:02 EST news165644510 (AP) -- Research firm iSuppli says Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone costs just a few dollars more to make than the previous model. http://www.physorg.com/news165079855.html Electronics Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:31:09 EST news165079855 SanDisk today announced the SanDisk Netbook SDHC removable flash memory card, offering consumers an easy way to significantly increase their netbooks' storage capacity. Consumers simply insert the SanDisk Netbook SDHC card into a netbook`s card slot to add capacity instantly. This news expands upon the previously announced next-generation SanDisk pSSD product family, which serve as drop-in replacements for hard disk drives (HDDs) in netbooks. http://www.physorg.com/news163181759.html Electronics Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:16:59 EST news163181759 If you want to buy a high-definition camcorder, no problem -- you have a range of options. http://www.physorg.com/news162673050.html Electronics Wed, 27 May 2009 19:58:01 EST news162673050 (AP) -- Japan's top chipmaker Toshiba Corp. tumbled to a record annual loss amid sinking global demand that has forced it to cut thousands of jobs. http://www.physorg.com/news160983340.html Technology Fri, 08 May 2009 06:36:30 EST news160983340 Toshiba Corporation today announced that it will start shipping NAND flash memory products fabricated with 32nm process technology. Samples of the world's first 32nm generation, 32-gigabit (Gb) single chips (4 gigabytes (GB)), offering the largest density of any NAND flash chip, are available from today, and 16Gb chip (2GB) products, the current mainstream density, will be available in July in Japan. The 32Gb chips will first be applied to memory cards and USB memories and subsequently extended to embedded products. http://www.physorg.com/news160067536.html Technology Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:13:29 EST news160067536 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit drove on Thursday for the first time since April 8, acting on commands from engineers who are still investigating bouts of amnesia and other unusual behavior exhibited by Spirit in the past two weeks. http://www.physorg.com/news159802967.html Space & Earth Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:44:13 EST news159802967 (AP) -- Toshiba Corp., Japan's top chipmaker, Friday said its net loss for the last fiscal year will be bigger than forecast due to a large write-off, and warned that more contract jobs will be cut. http://www.physorg.com/news159175692.html Technology Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:28:36 EST news159175692 SanDisk and Toshiba today announced the co-development of multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory using 32-nanometer process technology to produce a 32-gigabit (Gb) 3-bits-per-cell (X3) memory chip. The breakthrough introduction is expected to quickly bring to market advanced technologies that will enable greater capacities and reduce manufacturing costs for products ranging from memory cards to Solid State Drives (SSD). http://www.physorg.com/news153597019.html Nanotechnology Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:50:51 EST news153597019 Toshiba Corporation today announced the prototype of a new FeRAM -- Ferroelectric Random Access Memory -- that redefines industry benchmarks for density and operating speed. The new chip realizes storage of 128-megabits and read and write speeds of 1.6-gigabytes a second, the most advanced combination of performance and density yet achieved. Full details of the new FeRAM will be presented this week at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference 2009 (ISSCC2009) in San Francisco, USA. http://www.physorg.com/news153420638.html Technology Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:52:21 EST news153420638 SanDisk Corporation today unveiled its third-generation family of solid-state drives (SSDs). Using multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory technology, SanDisk`s G3 Series establishes new benchmarks in performance and price-performance leadership in the SSD industry. http://www.physorg.com/news150657094.html Electronics Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:11:34 EST news150657094 SanDisk Corporation today unveiled its next-generation of flash memory-based solid-state drives (SSD) to support the evolving needs of designers, manufacturers and users in the exploding netbook market - SanDisk pSSD. The new SanDisk pSSD-P2 and SanDisk pSSD-S2 SSDs have capacity and performance for more full-featured netbooks which require a robust operating system. http://www.physorg.com/news150477991.html Electronics Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:26:31 EST news150477991 Toshiba today announced the launch of a new line-up of 43nm single-level cell (SLC) NAND flash memory products available in densities ranging from 512Mbits to 64 gigabits (Gb) and in a total of 16 versions. http://www.physorg.com/news144429011.html Technology Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:10:11 EST news144429011