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1. SSDs inch toward the desktop

   (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

   Opinion: There's been a steady flood of news about the emergence of solid state drive (SSD) systems in mainstream products. Samsung has a 64GB miniSATA SSD about half the size of a business card; Dell ...

2. ARM multicore chip challenges Intel's hegemony

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... profile processors in Flash Player 10.1, will allow users of ARM processor based systems to view the same internet video content previously accessible only to users of X86 based systems." Samsung endorsed ...

3. Adobe brings Flash to future phones

   (Software/Software Features)

   Qualcomm and Adobe said they have worked together as part of the Open Screen Project to optimize and increase performance for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to support Snapdragon chipsets.Qualcomm and Adobe ...

4. Apple flash flood leaves NAND drought for others

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... other players in the lurch with severe shortages in store. So says Taiwanese wire Digitimes, claiming that major manufacturers including Samsung, Micron, Toshiba and Hynix are favoring Apple over other ...

5. Microsoft preps next-gen Windows Mobile 6.5 phones

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... Wireless, HP, HTC, LG Electronics, Samsung and Toshiba.  ...

6. ARM rules the smartphone roost

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... have really possessed the multimedia abilities required to justify it. Only the iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms produced devices with TV-out, with Samsung in particular being proactive in ...

7. The death of the netbook

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   ... Be aware they are constantly improving with the latest from Lenovo due in a few weeks with Ion and followed by another due by the end of October from Samsung. And then, I expect, we’ll see a raft of others ...

8. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... size power strip (not included) as well as store away your adapters, or hang a power squid. Samsung Impression for AT&T: This metallic blue device touts the nation’s first commercially available AMOLED ...

9. NAND flash prices prompt cheap iPhone speculation

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... rises are also due to major manufacturers Toshiba and Samsung throttling output, as well as Apple being a major buyer. The story is here (subscription needed).  ...

10. Samsung, Sandisk kiss and make up

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    It was going to be the wedding of the 21st century. Samsung was going to take Sandisk to the altar and wed her in a flash.It was going to be the wedding of the 21st century. Samsung was going to take Sandisk ...

11. CE3100: Intel squeezes yet another chip out of the old Dothan core

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... in the past, it is clear that companies such as Intel and AMD will always have a difficult time to think the way a CE company does. That is where Kim comes in: He joined Intel from Samsung to get the company’s ...

12. NAND memory goes Flash, bang, wallop

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... price increased by 18 percent during the quarter, with shipments falling by 17 percent during the same period. Samsung remains the number one manufacturer, with sales worth $750 million and an estimated ...

13. iSuppli: iPod shuffle's bill of material just $22, fat margin

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... to iSuppli, Samsung is the biggest beneficiary since it provides the flash memory, the primary chip and other key components that make up the iPod shuffle.  The research firm estimated the cost ...

14. Analyst gets excited about Apple, raises target price by 27%

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... iPhones so far and has placed orders for “100 million units of 8-gigabit and 16-gigabit NAND flash chips, with the bulk of its order coming from its main iPhone chip supplier, Samsung.” It seems that a ...

15. Skype's mobile assault: iPhone client due tomorrow, Blackberry in May

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... available on a range of Nokia-branded devices. Java-based client works on more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones from Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG. by going to the Skype website ...

16. Fusion-io announces fastest 640 GB server SSD, 1.3 TB version soon

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... one which fits an PCI-e 1.0 x8 slot and one which plugs into a PCI-e 2.0 x4 slot. The SSD is manufactured using Samsung flash memory and can be purchased in 160GB, 320GB, and 640GB capacities beginning ...

17. Apple absent from MWC, but iPhone still on everyone's lips

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    ... (UCS) initiative, was appealing enough to unite the GSMA and 17 industry heavy-weights, including AT&T, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Vodafone and others. However, the idea ...

18. Taking SSDs beyond half a terabyte: Sandisk's 32 nm flash

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... GB for the first time.Samsung especially highlighted the benefits of such a small chip for microSD cards that are typically used as storage expansion in cellphones, as it provides twice the capacity of ...

19. Samsung to increase DRAM quotes

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    With Samsung Electronics reducing its supply, contract quotes for some NAND flash segments have increased significantly in the second half of December. The Korean chipmaker now plans to raise DRAM ...

20. Solid-state disks hit half a terabyte

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... half of next year. Today’s 256 GB drives cover a wide range from a rumored sub-$1000 price that OEMs pay for Samsung’s largest SSDs at this time to about $8000 for industry-grade devices. Most 256 GB ...

21. Scientists create transparent memory chip

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... such as Fujitsu, Samsung, Micron and Spansion as a non-volatile memory technology with the goal to replace flash at some point in the future. Whether it can replace flash is unclear as several potential ...

22. Intel, Micron go after Samsung with 34 nm flash

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... has developed a 34 nm process which allows the companies to produce the currently smallest NAND flash chips and challenge the dominance of the two leading manufacturers, Toshiba and Samsung. Boise ...

23. Samsung upgrades speed and capacity of SSDs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Samsung said it has begun producing previously announced SSDs with 256 GB storage capacity. The new drives are also substantially faster than Samsung’s previous SSDs. Seoul (CA) – Samsung said ...

24. iPod supply could be affected by suits filed against Samsung

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      Spansion, a Silicon Valley-based flash memory chip manufacturer filed two broad patent infringement complaints against Samsung, the dominant flash manufacturer in the world. San Jose (CA) ...

25. ARM chips to run Adobe Flash 10 and AIR

    (Software/Software Features)

    ... based ARM processors include Samsung, Freescale, Samsung and Texas Instruments. Adobe said that the Flash Player for ARMv6 and ARMv7 will be made available royalty-free “to partners participating in ...

26. The T-Mobile G1 phone: Who will love it

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ... the phone isn’t as pretty as many of the Windows Mobile phones like the Samsung Blackjack or the HTC Touch Diamond, it is robust and the finish shouldn’t easily scratch like its shinier competitors.   ...

27. G1 & Co.: Top 10 cellphones for your Christmas shopping list

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... with similar data plans will cost $2000 as well.) But then, it is a Google phone, and the name Google may be more important than the phones boring look and some hiccups in the Android software. 4. Samsung ...

28. NAND flash contract quotes stabilized in October

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Contract quotes of 4 Gb and 8 Gb NAND flash chips for October have stabilized as Samsung has reportedly begun to reduce its supply to the spot market in preparation for orders from major customers, ...

29. Seagate SSD release date slips into 2009

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... $200 mark in U.S. retail and are moving into the mainstream with big steps. Samsung, Micron and Toshiba will begin selling 256 GB drives later this year and especially Samsung maintains that SSDs will ...

30. Fake NAND flash spreading China, undermining market

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    While the global memory chip market is experiencing a slump currently, a large quantity of fake NAND flash is showing up in the China market with the bulk available as Samsung-branded chips, according ...

31. Bargain hunting: Samsung offers $5.8 billion for Sandisk

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      Bad times offer great opportunities for some and that may be especially the case for Samsung, who launched a hostile bid to take over flash memory card maker Sandisk. The bid represents at 73% ...

32. Apple preps Macbook upgrades and a mysterious "Brick"

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    ... from 80 GB), Intel’s Penryn processors and more SSD storage capacity. It will be interesting to see which way Apple will go: Will it stay with companies such as Samsung and go all the way to 128 GB or ...

33. Why the SSD will kill the HDD

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

      Opinion – The days of the hard drive are numbered. I recently chatted with Samsung on their opinion of the state solid state disk drive (SSD) market and while Samsung seems to be very careful ...

34. Toshiba rolls out iPod/Zune hard drive

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... will be exceeding the storage space of 1.8” for the first time later this year. Samsung will be rolling out a 256 GB version of its MLC SSD in Q4, which, however, is likely to be at least 5-10 times as ...

35. Intel jumps into SSD market

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... are not cheap, especially if industry sources tell us that manufacturers such as Samsung may be releasing 256 GB drives this year for “substantially” less than $1000. What do you think? Have SSDs arrived ...

36. Samsung to acquire Sandisk?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

      Samsung is reportedly aiming to increase its share of the global flash business by acquiring Sandisk, the world’s largest flash memory card vendor. Following an article published by a Korean website, ...

37. Samsung, Sony roll out BD-Live Blu-ray players

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

      Samsung and Sony are showcasing their latest Blu-ray player flagship models at the IFA 2008 tradeshow. Both players are priced outside the mainstream market and may not see especially high production ...

38. NAND flash makers extend their presence to USB memory drives

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Sluggish NAND flash demand and demand from OEM customers has prompted chipmakers to extend their presences beyond chip production. Among major NAND flash makers, Intel, Micron Technology and Samsung ...

39. Intel tests mass storage waters with new SSDs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... competitive, especially as market leader Samsung is accelerating the pace. Intel will begin offering SSDs with up to 80 GB capacity in the fourth quarter, while up to 160 GB will become available in ...

40. TSMC leads growth among top 20 semiconductor suppliers in H1

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    ... Nanya, etc.) no longer part of the top 20 ranking. Although the top four ranked companies remained the same from last year in the rankings – Intel, Samsung, Texas Instruments, Toshiba – it was fifth ranked ...

41. iPod rumor mill: 64 GB iPod touch on the way?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    ... enough new features to woo consumers and keep competitors at distance. More storage should be a given. Apple recently ordered 50 million 8 GB NAND flash memory chips from Samsung Electronics for use ...

42. Samsung, Sun develop 'ultra-endurance' SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Samsung and Sun Microsoystems today said that the two companies have developed a single-level-cell NAND flash memory device for use in solid state drives that offers "much higher endurance levels ...

43. iPhone 3G: LG Dare or simply waiting may be better choices

    (Opinion/Opinion Features)

    ...  I don’t care how good something looks if the battery is dead. But with the Samsung Instinct and the LG you can get at least a spare battery and the Samsung’s price actually includes a second battery.  ...

44. 200 GB per disk: Toshiba leads 2.5” hard drive storage density

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... today’s mainstream desktop PCs. Toshiba also announced a 7200 rpm 320 GB drive. Samsung, Hitachi and Fujitsu have been offering 500 GB hard drives for some time now. These 5400 rpm drives (Fujitsu: 4200 ...

45. Samsung puts 128 GB SSDs into mass-production

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

      Samsung today said that it has begun mass producing 1.8” and 2.5” multi-level cell (MLC)-based solid state drives (SSD) with 64 and 128 GB storage capacity. Samsung also promises “more attractive” ...

46. Apple orders 50 million 8 GB NAND flash chips

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... iPhones and iPods from Samsung Electronics. Cupertino (CA) - In a move that is believed to help Apple to secure low NAND flash memory prices as well as create artificial shortages for competitors, ...

47. Samsung to reduce NAND flash supply in July amid Apple orders

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Samsung Electronics has informed downstream customers it will start reducing its supply of NAND flash chips to them from July as its key customer Apple has placed a large batch of orders, according ...

48. Why the iPhone 3G is a gold mine for Apple, even at $199

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... at launch. Now we are looking at a number closer to $100, Portelligent claims. EETimes said that Infineon and Samsung are still the two primary chip suppliers for the iPhone 3G. Will Strauss, principal ...

49. Nvidia's lauches Tegra: A Computer on a chip

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... Group Ltd, or Marvell, NEC Corporation, Qualcomm Incorporated, Renesas Technology, Samsung, Seiko-Epson, Texas Instruments Incorporated, and Toshiba America, Inc. - suppliers of application processors ...

50. TDK launches 1.8” microSATA solid state disk drives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    ... the HS1 series achieves a 100 MB/s burst read and 50 MB/s burst write performance. Samsung recently announced SSDs that offer more than twice the speed. However, TDK claims that its drives are extremely ...