Samsung’s Electro-Mechanics subsidiary has announced the development of a slim HDD motor meant for ultrabooks. The slim motor allows manufacturers to integrate a 2.5-inch 7mm HDD in ultrabooks and offer the same 500GB capacity compared to that of a 9.5mm drive. Furthermore, the small size also helps to reduce the impact resistance and noise.
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Samsung Investigating Exynos Documentation Issue
Samsung devices enjoy a good developer support but the lack of documentation for Exynos chips have affected development efforts. Thankfully, Samsung is taking heed and recently confirmed on Twitter that they’re looking into the issue of documentation & source code for Exynos-based devices. Samsung hasn’t divulged as to what exactly they’ll be doing to […]
Samsung announces 840 Series SSD
We saw Samsung showing off the 840 Series SSD at the IFA 2012 earlier this month and now they’ve officially announced the 830 Series successor. The new series will come in two variants – one with a regular moniker meant for general consumers and the 840 Pro for advanced users. Samsung says the SSD’s […]
Samsung 2GB LPDDR3 Mobile RAM Now Into Mass Production
Samsung confirmed two major developments at the Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum 2012 in Taiwan today. First is the mass production of the 128GB eMMC and now the 2GB low power double-data-rate 3 (LPDDR3) RAM for mobile devices. Samsung says the new DRAM uses 30nm class technology and is the industry’s first 2GB LPDDR3 RAM […]
Samsung Starts Mass Production of 128GB Memory for Mobile Devices
Samsung at the Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum 2012 announced the start of mass production of its 128GB eMMC for mobile devices. Samsung says in addition to ample storage, the new eMMC is fast that achieves a read speed of up to 140MB/s and adheres to JEDEC eMMC v4.5 specification. Just like other eMMC Pro, […]