Kingmax Technology announced it will soon
unveil the first 64-GB microSD chip, although details on when it will be
released and how much it will cost have not been disclosed.
The
Taiwan semiconductor company's claim is a big one, since a removable
flash memory card of this magnitude would sit well in new smartphones
and tablets that are holding increasing amounts of music, pictures, and
videos. MicroSD chips are supplemental memory chips for smartphones
and tablets.
"Although it comes in a compact size, it
definitely satisfies consumer needs for massive multimedia data
storage," the company said in a release. "Moreover, with the help of an
adapter, Kingmax's microSD card can also be used as a SD card or USB
flash drives."
Currently the highest capacity microSD chip on
the market is 32 GB offered by SanDisk and Samsung. SanDisk declined to
comment if it's developing its own 64-GB card.
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The
smallest and densest NAND flash die shipping is the Intel/Micron
20-nanometer 64-GB NAND, which was announced in April. The smaller flash
memory will make it possible to boost storage in smartphones and
tablets while taking up less space on circuit boards.
IM
expects to begin mass production in the second half of this year, when
the company plans to start providing samples of 16-GB devices. The
20-nm products will make it possible to build a 128-GB solid-state
drive that is smaller than a postage stamp, the company said.
Kingmax's
proposed microSD chips are supplementary flash storage for smartphones
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corrects data. It's also energy efficient, the company said.
However,
Kingmax's chips would barely fit into a microSD card since a microSD
measures 15 by 10 millimeters at its narrowest point, Jim Handy, an
analyst for Objective Analysis, said in an InformationWeek interview.
"If
Kingmax puts a 150-millimeter part into a 150-millimeter package, they
wouldn't be able to put the plastic casing around the edges," Handy
said. "There's not a lot of extra room, so it's an enormously
challenging technical feat to make something like this. It will be an
important success if Kingmax can ship it in volume."
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Handy said. While Kingmax's claim is tall, if it doesn't produce this
chip in the near future, another chip manufacturer certainly will, he
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The
NAND flash memory market saw revenue of $5.36 billion in the first
quarter of 2011, up 9.9% from $4.88 billion in the fourth quarter of
2010, according to DRAMeXchange. Samsung Electronics led the market
with a 36.2% share, followed by Toshiba with 35.1%. Intel was fifth on
the list with a 6.6% market share.
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