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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
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