Samsung has unveiled a new 30nm-based 8Gb (gigabit) OneNAND chip for use in smartphones. Based on single-level-cell (SLC) NAND flash design, the new chip allows handset makers to handle more code data that is used with touchscreen and other high-resolution smartphones.
Moreover, Samsung touts the 30nm 8Gb OneNAND to be up to 40% more efficient than the “regular” 40nm-based OneNAND, rocking a read speed of 70MB/s — which is actually 4+ times faster than conventional NAND (read speeds of up to 17MB/s).
At the moment, Samsung is sampling the new memory with the mass production set to begin from the end of this month.
Before I let you go, I’ll only that these impressive figures won’t directly affect any device’s performance. Sure, the upcoming smartphones rocking this memory will be faster, but don’t expect them to be 4 times or even 40% faster. It’s the CPU that gives most of the power to a smartphone, and then there’s the ever complex mobile OS as well as apps that affect the performance. However, it’s good to see incremental increases in the memory technology that will eventually (along with the advances in other technologies) make future smartphones much faster…
[Via: SamsungHub]