Samsung Flash Memory Card with 32 GBCapacity
Samsung have just pioneered a 16 GB Flash memory chip, which will enable the creation of memory cards with up to 32 GB capacity. Once fully developed, this new technology should bring the curtain down forever, on irritating hard-drive grinding.
SamsungElectronics, one of world leaders in flash memory tech, recentlypioneered a 16GB solid state drive for laptops and Tablet PCs.This was the world's first Solid State Disk (SSD) based on NANDFlash memory technology. Now Samsung believe memory cards with upto 32 GByte capacity are just around the corner.
This isn't just wishful thinking. The computer and electronicsfirm has developed a 16 GB NAND Flash memory chip, built in a50 nm process. The innovative chip should enable the productionof a Samsung flash memory card with up to 32 GB capacity.
A spokesman for Samsunghad this to say:
".....The new 16 Gbit memory device should acceleratefurther expansion of the NAND flash market across mobile andportable digital applications as an alternative to mini-harddiskdrives and even hard drives for laptops....."
Will Samsung flash memory cards mean the end of traditional harddrives for laptops and notebooks? Well this new flash memory techshould use 95% less power than normal notebook drives, it will also bequieter, and emit less heat. Not only that but it should alsosignificantly extend a notebook's battery life.
However, with Seagate's idea to introduce 2.5-inch drives withup to 160 GB capacity in the first quarter of 2006, the end ofthe traditional hard drive is a long way off yet.
