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Flash News

• FinFET Layout Design and Variability
• IEDM 2012 Preview: 20nm and Smaller
• IEDM 2012 Program
• Intel's 14nm Process and Manufacturing Roadmap
• Toshiba Next NAND- 3D with 15 Layers
• Next iPhone A7 Made by TSMC not Samsung
• Japan Fading in Semiconductor Fabrication?
• Android vs iPad Sales 48% to 52%
• Semiconductor Foundries:Strong Q2, but Slowdown..
• Lenovo Prove: Outsourcing is Not the Only Way (Updated)
• DRAM Market Plateau/ Flash NAND Growing
• Apple Cutting Out Samsung Chips?
• iPhone A6 Teardown Update
• NAND:Prices, Market Shares (Micron Up, Toshiba Down..)
• iPhone A6 Performance Improvement
• iPhone Teardown Updated
• iPhone 5 Cost $199 BOM
• SSD, Flash, iPad, PC, Tablet, and Servers Architecture
• Apple Cuts Samsung Orders: Lawsuits Impact?
• iPad, iPhone and Tablets => Flash, DRAM Markets Crosscurrents
• Apple Seeks Injunction Against Old Samsung Phones
• Apple vs. Samsung: Not Really an Apple Win
• Flash Memory Sales Surpass DRAM
• Samsung, a Top IC Foundry in 2012 

• _IBM Acquires Texas Memory (SSD Vendor)
• Smartphone Components Cost; NAND Flash, Display, DRAM
• Nvidia #1 at TSMC Fab? Nvida has Priority for 28nm capacity
• Simon Sze Inventor Floating Gate Non VolatileM Memory (NVM)
• Q4'11 NAND Flash Ranking, Can We Trust the Numbers?
• US Fabs Losing Their Edge. Really?
• Intel: "Fabless model collapsing". Is it correct?
• Qualcomm and Nvidia Chip Shortage
• TSMC 28nm Capacity Large Shortage
• Flash is not just about storage
• Six Technologies that Save Smartphone Batteries
• Real Growth Paths for Flash Memory
• New Foundry Ranking (By IC Insights)
• Intel/ Micron 20-nm 64G MLC NAND Flash Memory Reverse Engineered
• Moore's Law Slowwwing Since 28nm Process Node
• Are Japan's Fabs stuck above 28nm Process Technology?
• iPad Teardown - Flash NAND Memory is a Major Profit Source
• Moore's Law End? (Next semiconductors generation cost $10 billion)
• When will the Flash be 2x DRAM Memory Market?
• Is Resistive RAM (RRAM) The Future Flash Memory?
• Non Volatile Flash Memory Basic
• Inside Flash Memory Manufacturing
• 2011 IEDM Full Technical Program, Previews
• Flash Summit 2011: New Insights Into the Future of NAND Flash, Top 10 Lists Trends
• Flash Memory Summit 2011: Fusion-io, STEC, and Other Presentations

2010-2011

• ISSCC 2011 Highlights- 20-nm Process Challenges, Samsung 512-pins DRAM, Intel
• Upcoming 2011 International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
• 2010 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Updates
• 2010 IEDM Update
• 2010 IEDM Full Technical Program, Previews
• Google Nexus One Carries $174.15 Materials Cost, iSuppli Teardown Reveals
• IEDM 2009 Preview
• Semiconductor IC Ranking Q3 2009 (fast growth at Samsung, Toshiba, Hynix, Micron)
• Semiconductor IC Ranking Q2 2009(Climbing TSMC, Hynix, MediaTek Droping AMD, Freescale, Fujitsu)
• Intel’s New SSD X25 Reviews and Benchmarks

• Semiconductor Companies Q1 2009 Market Shares
• DRAM and NAND Q1 2009 Market Shares
• SandForce Brings MLC to Solid State Drives (SSD)
• Long Term Trends in the NOR and NAND Markets
• Fusion-io Super Fast NAND Flash Storage Using PCIe for Enterprise Market
• Faster Cheaper Solid-State Hard Drive
• ISSCC 2009
• 15 Technology Challenges for 22-nm Node
• Semiconductor Industry Rankings for First Three Quarters of 2008
• SanDisk's ExtremeFFS - New Flash Management System for Improving SSD Performance and Reliability
• Samsung Buying Sandisk? (Update)
• Samsung Buying Sandisk?
• Learning Curve Leads to Shakeout in SSD Market
• Second Quarter 2008 NAND rankings
  
• Intel's SSD Drives
  
• Samsung Electronics and Sun Microsystems Increased 5x Endurance of Solid State Drives (SSD) with 8 Gbit Single-Level-Cell (SLC)
  
• Demand for NAND Flash Memory for Handsets Doubles its Share of Market, Making up the Biggest Share of NAND Market
  
• Update - Apple’s iPhone 3G Semiconductor Parts
  
• Leave Laptop at Home and Travel with USB Key Drive Instead
• Seagate Technology, the World's Largest Maker of Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) Sues STEC, a Small Solid-State Drives (SSD) Maker
  
• Faster SSD Appearing in the Market (estimate 200MB/sec)
  
• iPod Touch Components likely to be in Future of the iPod line - iSuppli Tear Down
  
• Flash Memory and SSD Reliability - Comments by Intel and Samsung
  

2009-2010

• NAND Flash Evolution 2006 to 2010
• Future technologies that may succeed flash memory
• 2010 IEDM Update
• 2010 IEDM Full Technical Program, Previews
• IEDM 2009 Preview
• Intel Developer Forum 2009: Performance, Reliability, and Future Direction of Solid State Drive (SSD)
• Flash Memory Summit 2009: Fusion-io, STEC, Denali and Other Presentations
• SSD Market Share and Sales with Breakdown by Density
• Palm Pre Teardown
• Semiconductor Companies Q1 2009 Market Shares
• SandForce Brings MLC to Solid State Drives (SSD)
• Long Term Trends in the NOR and NAND Markets
• Fusion-io Super Fast NAND Flash Storage Using PCIe for Enterprise Market
• Faster Cheaper Solid-State Hard Drive
• ISSCC 2009

2008-2009

• 2008 Semiconductor Industry Growth and 2007 Rankings and Revenues - iSuppli
  
• Intel, Micron New ONFi 2.0 Interface Boost the Data Transfer Rate of NAND Flash-Memory 5x
  
• ISSCC 2008 Highlights
  
• Intel and STMicroelectronics Shipping Functional Prototype of Phase-Change Memory (PCM)
  
• IC Semiconductor's 2008 Growth Forecasts for PCs, Memories, and Phones from Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS)
  
• Counterfeit Part's Impacts on the Semiconductor Industry
  
• Samsung, Toshiba Share OneNAND and LBA-NAND Flash Specs to Improve Supply Availability
  
• IEDM Technical Program - 2007
  
• iPhone Semiconductor Components
  
• Chip Makers Must Shift from Fabs to Systems - Infineon CEO
  
• Memory Chip Architecture Development - Harnessing Multiple Cores for Parallel Execution
  
• Flash Drive is Surpassing Hard Drive Usage in Portable Video Players
  
• NVMHCI Standard for NAND Flash Module Controllers in Notebooks, Desktops, and Servers
  

2007-2008

• 15 Technology Challenges for 22-nm Node
• 450-nm Fabs Status
• IEDM 2008 - 2nd Update
• IEDM 2008 - Update
• IEDM 2008 Preview
• SanDisk's ExtremeFFS - New Flash Management System for Improving SSD Performance and Reliability
• Learning Curve Leads to Shakeout in SSD Market
• Demand for NAND Flash Memory for Handsets Doubles its Share of Market, Making up the Biggest Share of NAND Market
  
• NAND for mobile handsets: cost, density and performance advantages
• Update - Apple’s iPhone 3G Semiconductor Parts
  
• Faster SSD Appearing in the Market (estimate 200MB/sec)
  
• Evolution of Components in Smart Phones
  
• Non-Volatile Memory Host Controller Interface (NVMHCI)
• Flash Memory and SSD Reliability - Comments by Intel and Samsung
  
• MTRON 32GB SSD vs. Seagate and Samsung 's SSD
  
• Intel, Micron New ONFi 2.0 Interface Boost the Data Transfer Rate of NAND Flash-Memory 5x
  
• NAND flash memory in a system
• IEDM Technical Program - 2007
  
• Microsoft and SanDisk Join Forces to Create Software and Hardware Applications in USB Flash Drives and Flash Memory Cards, Advancing U3 Smart Technology
  
• Hard Drive and Flash Drive will Evolve Into Complimentary Products
  
• Future of Flash NOR
  
• ReadyBoost, ReadyDrive, and Embedded Flash on Motherboard are Flash Memory Applications Used in Microsoft's Vista