Intel announced a new SATA interface enterprise solid state drive (SSD) that uses 25 nm multi-level cell flash memory (this is 2 bit per cell technology referred to as MLC).

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Now it is up to customer demand to deliver those top-line numbers--in particular, demand for flash memory chips in advanced cell phones as well as strong sales of AMD's 64-bit Opteron processor for computer servers, due to launch on April 22.

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This new generation of MLC flash memory SSDs include improvements in the flash cells themselves combined with NAND flash memory management in the controller to achieve much better flash cell endurance.

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In the past year, Ruiz said, AMD's share of flash memory chips in high-performance cell phones has doubled to 20%, a trend he expected would continue.

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There are two types of flash memory--the type that goes into cell phones and the other kind that goes into digital cameras.

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The companies are also producing a single level cell 64 Gb (8 GB) NAND flash memory.

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Scads of companies are using postage stamp-sized flash memory cards in digital cameras, camcorders, MP3 audio players and cell phones.

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If flash falls to magnetic memory, cache will fall with it, because MRAM could replace both kinds of memory in cell phones.

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If flash falls to magnetic memory, cache will fall right with it because MRAM could replace both kinds of memory in cell phones.

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