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Hynix offers up first 2Gb mobile DRAM

Brenda Stokes, Dec 3rd 2008 Discuss [0]

Hynix announced today that they have developed the first ever 2 gigabit or 256 megabyte mobile RAM chip in the world, effectively expanding their current Mobile Memory line. This was made possible by using a 54 nanometer manufacturing process. This new process has allowed Hynix to double their past capacity. This has also allowed for an increase in performance, which clocks in at 400 megabites per second at a 1.2V power supply and up to 1.6 gigabytes per second with a 32-bit I/O. The new Hynix chips will no doubt be used in new mobile devices like cell phones, PMPs and more. Even MIDs and UMPCs might be able to benefit from this increased DRAM. So now we're looking to the first half of next year, when production will begin to roll out and when these maxed out chips will be included in consumer products.

Elecom Class-6 SDHC is waterproof

Daniel Lim, Dec 2nd 2008 Discuss [0]

We’ve seen plenty of flash storage based electronics devices with waterproof feature, hardly the storage itself. The Japanese looks to break the trend with the introduction of waterproof SDHC memory cards. A SDHC card is more likely to float if it’s accidentally dropped in the water but the Elecom-made SDHC is more than H20-friendly; as a IPX7 compliant device, it will withstand accidental immersion in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes. Besides waterproof; the Elecom is Class-6 standard, meaning it offers real-time recording directly to the card with a guaranteed minimum write speed of 6MB/sec and a data transfer rate of up to 15MB/sec. Elecom waterproof SDHC is available in 4GB and 8GB capacity. Mum’s the word on pricing information but it is slated to ship in December.

Toshiba 16GB microSDHC announced, plus Class 6 SDHC cards

Chris Davies, Nov 26th 2008 Discuss [0]

Toshiba have taken the tiny wraps off of its first 16GB microSDHC card. The SD-C16G will go into mass production in January 2009, and be ideal for storing masses of music and video on cellphones and other mobile devices. The company also announced a number of new Class 6 SDHC cards for high-speed digital camera use. Read The Full Story

Hynix 7GHz GDDR 5 Video RAM

Chris Davies, Nov 25th 2008 Discuss [0]

Memory manufacturer Hynix have announced the world's first high-speed GDDR 5 RAM capable of running at 7GHz. The video memory is over a third faster than existing 4.5GHz video RAM, and will initially be available in 54nm 1Gb chips. It's capable of processing up to 28 gigabytes of data per second. Read The Full Story

Everspin 16MB non-volatile MRAM coming 2009

Chris Davies, Nov 21st 2008 Discuss [0]

Everspin intend to launch 16MB MRAM chips in 2009, with densities to compete with DRAM and FLASH (NOR) by 2015. The company, which split off from Freescale to develop the non-volatile memory, is currently the only to have commercially-available MRAM products on the market, in the shape of a 4-bit chip. It has also just announced byte-wide 1MB and 4MB chips. Read The Full Story

Kangaru e-Flash dual eSATA & USB 2.0 32GB flash drive

Chris Davies, Nov 19th 2008 Discuss [0]

Kangaru Solutions have announced what they're claiming is the first ever eSATA flash drive. The double-ended e-Flash drive has a USB 2.0 connector on one side and an eSATA connector on the other, offering users either the paltry 480MB/s of dull old USB or the blistering 3Gb/s of everyone's favorite external SATA interface. Of course, those are just theoretical speeds: when you dig into the spec sheet you see the e-Flash is slightly less impressive than the headlines might suggest. Read The Full Story

Eye-Fi 4GB Anniversary Edition WiFi SD card released

Chris Davies, Nov 12th 2008 Discuss [0]

Eye-Fi have marked their first birthday with the launch of a new, special edition anniversary card. The new WiFi-enabled SD card now contains 4GB of storage rather than the standard models' 2GB. While as standard the new 4GB card does not come with any of Eye-Fi's more advanced features, such as geotagging or automatic hotspot uploads, these can be subscribed to separately. Read The Full Story

Apple MacBook & MacBook Pro both support 6GB of RAM

Chris Davies, Oct 31st 2008 Discuss [1]

Memory company Ramjet are advertizing an upgrade kit for the new MacBook and MacBook Pro that would give each notebook 6GB of RAM in total. The amount - which is 2GB higher than the figure Apple themselves claim is supported - is comprised of a 2GB DDR3 chip and a 4GB DDR3 chip. Unlike with 8GB, which the NVIDIA chipsets used should officially support but, as those have tried it have discovered, leads to system instabilities, 6GB seems to be a balance between performance and playing happily with OS X's current limitations. Read The Full Story

Kingston HyperX DDR3 Triple-Channel Memory launches

Brenda Stokes, Oct 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

Kingston announced yesterday their HyperX DDR3 Triple-Channel Memory that was designed with the Intel X58 motherboards in mind. They also meet the 1.65 volt platform recommendation for Core i7. This new product features 2GHz memory and are available in kits of three 1GB modules. They will also be Intel XMP or Extreme Memory Profile ready. These are the fastest triple-channel memory DDR3 products available right now. Read The Full Story

Sharp LCD Panel gets memory

Brenda Stokes, Oct 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

Sharp recently showed off a new LC panel that's outfitted with memory, so that even if it loses its power source, it will still keeps the last displayed content on. The new panel was exhibited at FPD International 2008, and from the looks of it, has made quite a splash. Read The Full Story

Apple MacBook 3rd-party RAM causing instabilities?

Chris Davies, Oct 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

Some new MacBook users are reporting problems when attempting to upgrade their Apple laptops with third-party RAM. The new, aluminum MacBook can support up to 4GB of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM, with the standard configuration being a pair of single 1GB chips. In replacing those with third-party memory - including seemingly-identical spec chips from big-name brands such as Crucial - some owners have found their MacBooks suddenly prone to crashing. Read The Full Story

Use 4GB SD cards with Wii: more space & faster speeds

Chris Davies, Oct 23rd 2008 Discuss [0]

A moderate frustration about the Nintendo Wii is its stubborn refusal to recognize SD cards larger than 2GB in capacity. Given that larger, 4GB cards often support higher transfer rates - and, obviously, offer more storage - the frugal-fiends at Cheap Ass Gamer have come up with a system to create 4GB SD cards that, by pretending to be under 2GB, fool the Wii into accepting them. Read The Full Story