Large among the current technology debates is whether or not flash memory will displace hard-disk drives (HDDs) as the foremost digital storage device. The hypothesis has received much attention from ...

The late 1990s saw the widespread introduction of solid-state storage based around NAND Flash. Ranging from memory cards for portable devices to storage for desktops and laptops, the data storage ...

Flash memory has become one of the fastest growing semiconductor memories because of widespread adoption of this nonvolatile memory in portable electronics devices and consumer applications. Two major ...

Apple's investments in acquiring flash memory expertise and technology appear to be centered around packing more storage capacity into Macs and iOS devices at lower prices, with the same level of ...

NAND flash memory is everywhereꟷin mobile phones, cameras, solid state drives in computers, and storage drives in data centers. But this technology, first unveiled by Fujio Masuoka of Toshiba in 1987, ...

The evolution of flash memory over 35 years. The rise of NAND flash. How KIOXIA has been involved in advancing flash memory. This author of the article is Scott Nelson, Executive Vice President and ...

The new program automatically promotes or demotes data based on live access patterns to ensure key data runs on the right memory hardware ...

Microsoft research project makes flash storage work more efficiently in conjunction with RAM and hard disk for speedier reads and writes. Microsoft researchers are trying to improve the efficiency of ...

In a surprise move, Western Digital is splitting its hard disk drive (HDD) and flash memory storage businesses into separate companies, effectively spinning off its solid state drive (SSD) division.

Flash memory maker Samsung is trying to drive a new kind of disk for PCs. The company announced Monday that it has developed a "solid-state disk" using flash memory for PCs, which traditionally have ...

On October 30, 2023, Western Digital WDC Corporation (NASDAQ NDAQ: WDC, $43.26, Market Cap: $14.03 billion), announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate its HDD ...