Kioxia Holdings Corporation, abbreviated as Kioxia and stylized as KIOXIA, is a Japanese-American multinational computer memory manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo. In June 2018, Toshiba Memory Corporation was spun off from the Toshiba conglomerate. On March 1, 2019, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Holdings Corporation and was renamed Kioxia in October 2019 […]
Silicon Motion, or SMI, is a publicly traded company under the ticker symbol SIMO Founded in 1995, Silicon Motion Technology Corporation is a leading developer of microcontroller ICs for NAND flash storage devices. The semiconductor company also designs, develops and markets high-performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for original equipment manufacturers (“OEM”) such as Nexcopy Incorporated, a […]
In general terms the TF card and microSD card are the same. They are the same in physical size and same in most technical terms. The two devices may be used in exchange with each other. There are some technical differences between the two which will be explained later, for now, the biggest difference between […]
Etron Technology has started shipping the company’s in-house developed 2- and 4-channel USB flash drive controller chips, and its single-channel ones are currently sampling with customers, according to the Taiwan-based IC design firm. With a more complete product offering, Etron is looking to enter the world’s top-two in the field of USB 3.0 flash drive […]
Trek 2000 Ltd introduces a wifi SD card where by the user could transfer files from a device, like a camera, to a computer without the need for cables or internet access. We’ve seen this card before called the Eye-Fi card so we’ve been here before. What I like to see is the concept adopting […]
So here is a bit of information one could use for a cocktail conversation starter at your next computer club meeting, the start of flash memory. The first piece of flash memory was invented way back in 1984. Flash was invented by Toshiba and by a guy named Dr. Fujio Masuoka. According to Toshiba records, […]
SD cards come in all sorts of GB sizes and speeds. Today I thought it a good idea to take a look inside an SD card along with breaking out the speed differences. To start, the SD media is broken down into “Classes” The Class depicts the speeds at which a device reads and writes. […]
Intel and Micron are two of the primary NAND flash memory makers and are partners in such manufacturing. Earlier this month they announced new technology capable of 3-bit per cell storage which is based off 34-nanometer technology. The 3-bit per cell concept allows for more storage in the same realestat of flash memory. This imporvement […]
Mark McCrosky Administrator and author for GetFlashMemory.info a.k.a GFM. GFM started in 2005 with the concept of providing flash memory information to the non-tech public. At the time, USB, NAND, flash was gaining momentum and every day products, articles and news became published. Today, the site is focused on bringing technical information, tricks and hacks. […]
Samsung is looking to strengthen their digital memory storage line with a possible purchase of SanDisk. SanDisk is currently the #1 supplier of solid state flash memory, world wide [such as Secure Digital, miniSD, microSD and many more]. Samsung is the top producer of flash memory chips. Through an acquisition, Samsung would strengthen it’s channel […]
