Samsung starts producing 128-GB memory chip for mid-end smartphonesMarch 19, 2015 - 16:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Korea's tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday, March 19, it has started mass producing a 128-gigabyte (GB) memory chip for mid-end smartphones, paving the road to release more high-capacity handsets at reasonable prices, Yonhap News reported. Samsung said the mobile memory chip is based on the embedded MultiMedia Card (eMMC) 5.0 and 3-bit NAND technology. It also boasts a data transmission speed of 260 megabytes per second. "While flagship smartphones are already transitioning to 128GB memory storage based on Universal Flash Storage 2.0 or eMMC 5.1 standards, mid-market smartphones will now be able to increase their storage capacity to 128GB as well," Samsung said in its press release. The production follows another move made by Samsung last month, when the company said it has churned out the 128GB Universal Flash Storage (UFS) that is faster and slimmer, and consumes less power compared with previous flash memory chips. The high-end version of memory chips announced in February is aimed at top-tier models, such as the latest Galaxy S6, which will hit the market in April, while the latest edition is meant for low-to-mid-end smartphones. "Samsung has extended its 3-bit NAND business from SSDs for data centers, servers and PCs to the entire mobile memory storage market," Samsung said. "Samsung will continue to broaden its application of 3-bit NAND Flash memory by developing higher-performance and higher-density solutions." Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |