NAND memory grew at a fast pace until 2006, then the core memory market got mature and slowed down. The NAND segment makes up most the market with SD formats consuming about 50% of the market share, with MP3, USB and CF media making the balance. In 2007, supply overtook demand and this trend continues […]
For those who know, the Samsung branded NAND flash memory is considered the Tier 1 quality that everyone talks about. It’s the best stuff out there…highest quality, best in performance, yet always a touch above others [Micron, Hynix, etc] in price. Well that might change because Samsung is entering the retail market with their solid […]
Despite many industry players believing both the memory card and USB drive markets are saturated, Kingston Technology company president John Tu recently said substantial business potential still exists. Citing average monthly shipments of 20 million units for both memory cards and USB drives, Tu said the huge shipments imply that these markets are still growing. […]
I have my reasons for watching the flash memory market. One of the key elements I look for is falling flash memory prices. For me, dropping memory prices’ is an indicator other activities I’m in will continue to grow. Today I read an interesting article which gave some great detail about the continued drop of […]
Toshiba, like SanDisk, found a grand jury subpoena in their mail late last week. The allegations are related to flash memory NAND price fixing. The probe comes from the highest level and considering the purchase of M-Systems by SanDisk along with the other big hitter of flash memory makers is Samsung, it’s very possible flash […]
We tried to escape the iPhone buzz, but recent information came to light after some folks unscrewed the iPhone to see what’s inside. This is what flash memory they found. The Apple iPhone flash memory is comprised of two technologies. NAND flash and NOR flash. Without knowing how Apple used these technologies we can easily […]
The Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI) Working Group, as it’s being called, will be chaired by Intel and will provide a standard software programming interface for nonvolatile memory subsystems. The group says the interface will be used by operating system drivers to access NAND flash memory storage in the applications such as hard drive […]
Analysts at iSuppli Corp indicate that 12 percent of hard drives in laptops will be flash memory come 2009. I think that’s low. Notebook PC shipments rose to 21.8 million units during the first quarter of 2007 – that was a 23% jump, much higher then expected. With computer manufacturers trying to keep margins high […]
Toshiba might be on to something with their development of a new three dimensional memory cell array structure that enhances cell density and data capacity without relying on advances in process technology. All this with minimal increase in chip size. The new structure design reflects pillars of stacked memory elements passing vertically through multi-stacked layers […]
Trump Tariff Hurts USB Flash Drive Market Yes, there is a tariff on USB flash drives coming from China. Two tariffs have been assigned to the USB flash drive category when importing product from China since 2020: February of 2020 — a 7.5% tariff was enacted by Trump January of 2025 — a 10.0% tariff […]
