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 […]
Hardware
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 […]
Samsung starts mass production of 14nm FinFET mobile processor
Samsung has been gearing up for 14nm process for quite some time and after the collaboration with Globalfoundaries last year, Samsung has announced the mass production of the first mobile application processor based on 14nm FinFET process technology. Samsung will adopt the process for its Exynos 7 Octa processor and compared to a processor based […]