Samsung has started mass production of industry’s first M.2-based NVMe PCIe solid state drive (SSD). Apt for ultra-slim notebook PCs and workstations, the new SM951-NVMe boasts improved performance with low power consumption. The SM951 SSD with the help of Samsung’s own controller boasts a sequential data read and write performance up to 2,260MB/s and 1,600MB/s, […]
Hardware
Samsung unveils 850 EVO M.2 and mSATA SSDs for ultrathin PCs
Samsung has launched the 850 EVO M.2 and 850 EVO mSATA SSD in 53 countries. These storage solutions are new form factors of the 850 EVO SSD that was announced last year and adopts Samsung’s 3D V-NAND technology that ensures improved performance. Targeted at ultrathin PCs, the M.2 and mSATA SSDs are one-tenth the weight […]
Samsung develops 128GB NAND Flash memory for mid-range mobile devices
Samsung recently announced a 128GB UFS 2.0-based memory solution for high-end devices and today they have announced a similar large storage option that will soon be available in mid-range smartphones and tablets. The new 128GB is 3-bit NAND based eMMC 5.0 solution and though it is not as fast as the UFS 2.0 counterpart, the […]
Samsung unveils 8MP ISOCELL Image Sensor, new NFC solution
Samsung has announced the development of two new hardware modules that will be integrated in mobile devices in the near future. First is the 8 megapixel RWB (red-white-blue) image sensor based on ISOCELL technology and second is the NFC chip with improved radio frequency. The S5K4H5YB 8 megapixel ISOCELL RWB CMOS image sensor is targeted […]
Samsung unveils 128GB UFS memory for high-end smartphones
The prevalent solution for manufacturers to embed storage in smartphones is to go with eMMC solutions but Samsung has unveiled a better option that will improve the performance by up to 3 times compared to eMMC. Samsung is now mass producing the 128GB embedded memory based on the Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.0 standard, the […]