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More flash drive firms admit to security flaws
In the wake of last week's news that some of Kingston's secure flash drives have underlying flaws, more manufacturers have stepped forward saying they suffer from similar issues. So far, Verbatim and... Read more...
Intel, Numonyx claims key breakthrough in memory research
Intel and Numonyx have announced a significant milestone in the development of phase change memory, or PCM. Their researchers say they have successfully stacked multiple layers of PCM arrays in a... Read more...
SanDisk ships new X4 flash memory chips
SanDisk is shipping new memory chips that will allow consumers to store even more data on its flash storage cards. The technology, called "X4," manages to squeeze four bits of data per memory cell... Read more...
Intel and Micron develop new higher-density flash chips
Intel and Micron, earlier this week, announced that they have successfully developed NAND flash memory that is capable of holding 3 bits per cell--compared to the normal 2-bits per cell technology... Read more...
Moving to exploit SSD in the enterprise
Solid State Disks have become a stable technology that is swiftly moving toward maturity. Certainly, I believe that it is set for widespread deployment in enterprises and the data center once prices... Read more...
Toshiba and SanDisk cut flash chip output by 30 percent
Toshiba and SanDisk have announced that they will be cutting flash memory production by a steep 30 percent. The reduction will be effective beginning January 2009, and will affect the Yokkaichi... Read more...
Intel's new X25-E Extreme SSD blows the competition away
Intel has unveiled a new solid state drive (SSD) in the form of the X25-E Extreme, which is even faster than the X25-M which was released in September. The folks over at the Tech Report got their... Read more...
SanDisk unveils dramatic performance boost for SSD
SanDisk, on Wednesday, announced a new flash memory management system called Extreme Flash File System (ExtremeFFS) that it claims can work up to 100 times faster than the existing generation of... Read more...
SanDisk unveils 32-GB capacity CompactFlash card
SanDisk introduced a 32-GB CompactFlash card earlier this week, or double the size of the company's previous largest memory card product. Targeted at professional digital photographers and... Read more...
SanDisk Vaulter: not quite an SSD
Do you want to dramatically speed up boot times on your laptop but can't quite stomach the idea of Read more...
