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Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Samsung's 16 Gbit Flash memory
The chart from Samsung (showing 32 Gb end 2006, 64 Gb end 2007) clearly indicates 1" micro hard drives might become obsolete very fast. Flash has several advantages compared to hard drives: less power consumption, less sensitive to shock, longer life span, smaller size etc, which are very strong arguments when used in mobile devices. Disadvantages are that cost per Gb is still higher and you simply can't use Flash if there's need for much higher storage capacity. E.g. iPod nano is Flash-based even though the capacity is up to 4 GByte, but my iAudio X5 with 20 GB capacity would be way too expensive if based on Flash memory.
To avoid confusion: 16 Gb(it) = 2 GB(yte).
The Korea Times : Samsung Develops 16 Gb NAND Flash
To avoid confusion: 16 Gb(it) = 2 GB(yte).
The Korea Times : Samsung Develops 16 Gb NAND Flash
