Samsung Announces 30nm-class, High-density NAND Flash for Mobile Devices

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology solutions, today announced two high-density memory solutions for mobile devices. The new storage solutions – a 64-gigabyte (GB) moviNANDTM memory device and a 32GB micro secure digital (microSD) memory card – satisfy mobile handset designers’ requirements for advanced compact high-density memory.

“Samsung’s high-density memory solutions bring the storage capacity levels of computing systems to small, mobile devices,” said Dong-Soo Jun, executive vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Electronics.

He added, “The 64GB embedded memory, moviNAND, and the 32GB microSD card each greatly expand the data storage density of mobile devices, meeting customers’ memory requirements and ushering in a new era of mobile and IT device capacity growth.”

The memory solutions are based on Samsung’s advanced 32 gigabit (Gb) NAND flash. The 64GB moviNAND, which measures 1.4mm in height, consists of 16 30nm-class 32Gb MLC NAND chips and a controller. The 17-die stack was achieved by using 30-micron thick chips and advanced package technology. With the new 64GB solution, Samsung's proprietary embedded memory, moviNAND, is now available in 64GB, 32GB, 16GB, 8GB and 4GB densities.

The 32GB microSD card, developed this month, stacks eight 32Gb NAND components and a card controller. The industry’s highest capacity, production-ready microSD card is enabled by the use of Samsung’s advanced 30-nm class 32Gb NAND flash memory technology. Previously, the highest density microSD card in production had a 16GB capacity and was based on 40nm-class 16Gb NAND. The new 32GB card is 1mm-thick. The portion of the card that is inserted into a handset measures just 0.7 mm in height.

According to market research firm iSuppli, the global NAND flash memory market for 32GB and higher memory cards is forecast to be 530 million units in 2010 and reach 9.5 billion units by 2013 (in 16Gb equivalent units).

Samsung’s new 64GB moviNAND has been in mass production from December 2009, while the 32GB microSD is now being sampled with OEMs, with mass production expected next month.

Originally Posted by Mandibela

Discuss.

Originally Posted by ysss

I'll save you some time....


<insert rants about N900 memory limitations>

<apologetic remarks on N900's limitations and how they came about>

<ultimatum to sell his N900 if it doesn't support 32GB microSD>

<snippy quip about iPhone's non expandable memory>

<long piece about iPhone's business model>

<reminder to get back to topic>

<personal attack>

Originally Posted by geneven

I don't think anyone has tried yet. I'll buy one as soon as I can, unless I hear something dire. Thought\ I guess there's no big reason to get one except to load more music or something...

Originally Posted by acou

So, does the N900 support 32gb µSDs ? Anyone tried yet?

Originally Posted by TA-t3

If you read my post about 2 places above yours, I already answered that. For the 'tried yet' part, you'll have to wait for the card to actually come on sale. However, it's really simple: If 4/8/16GB SDHC cards work (and they do), then 32GB cards work too. If not, then the specific card is broken. Simple.