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’s decade-long growth drives a 580% return for investors. Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NASDAQ: SIMO), founded in 1995, has become a leading developer of microcontroller ICs for NAND flash storage devices. The company also designs and markets high-performance, low-power semiconductor solutions for OEMs. Among its customers is Nexcopy Incorporated, a Southern California technology company […]
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 […]
Toshiba Launches Exceria Pro CompactFlash Cards for Ultra-Fast DSLR Performance Toshiba announced the launch of a new line of CompactFlash (CF) memory cards, the Exceria Pro series, specifically targeting the DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) market. The new cards are compatible with CF Revision 6.0 and promise performance even higher than the XQD format, previously developed […]
SanDisk Launches Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I Cards With 90MB/s Write Speeds SanDisk is launching two new microSD memory cards today, officially called the SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I cards. What makes them special? They allow you to capture photos and videos at up to 90 megabytes per second, which is incredibly fast for any application. […]
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 […]
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 […]