Toshiba Announces First 128GB NAND Flash Memory Module

From DailyTech: With the announcement of a 128GB NAND flash memory module yesterday, Toshiba, a leader in NAND flash memory production, has staked its claim as the first manufacturer to reach the 128GB benchmark -- double the size of its earlier offering.

The tiny, e-MMC compliant behemoth combines 16 smaller 64Gbit NAND chips (equal to 8GB each) into a 17 x 22 x 1.4mm package. This is good news for consumer electronic devices like smart phones, digital video cameras, and tablets.

"Toshiba is the first company to succeed in combining sixteen 64Gbit NAND chips, and applied advanced chip thinning and layering technologies to realize individual chips that are only 30 micrometers thick," the company said in a press release.

The embedded module boasts 55MB/sec read speeds and 21MB/sec write speeds, more than doubling Samsung's 20nm class NAND.

This type of memory is ideal especially for Apple products like the iPad, iPhone, and iPod lines.

Mass production for Toshiba's 128GB module is slated for Q4 of this year.

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