Samsung's 4 Gigabit flash memory begins mass production

June 1, 2005

South Korean electronics giant has begun mass production of a new 4. This is twice the size of almost all the biggest memory devices currently available.

The firm is using a new 70- process which enables it to produce the smallest cell on the market, enabling a far higher density than competitors. The device can write data at 16- per second, twice as fast as a 90nm 2Gb device.

Possible applications of the new memory will most likely be as a component in, top end mobile phones, , , and other portable devices.

The new form of memory writes and reads data faster than previous versions &mdash; up to 16 megabytes per second. The storage of real-time high-definition video is feasible on the chips, according to Samsung. The company also believes their Flash-based disk drives could replace hard drives in laptops since they will work faster, quieter and cooler than drives currently in use.