Large among the current technology debates is whether or not flash memory will displace hard-disk drives (HDDs) as the foremost digital storage device. The hypothesis has received much attention from ...

The late 1990s saw the widespread introduction of solid-state storage based around NAND Flash. Ranging from memory cards for portable devices to storage for desktops and laptops, the data storage ...

Flash memory has become one of the fastest growing semiconductor memories because of widespread adoption of this nonvolatile memory in portable electronics devices and consumer applications. Two major ...

Apple's investments in acquiring flash memory expertise and technology appear to be centered around packing more storage capacity into Macs and iOS devices at lower prices, with the same level of ...

The evolution of flash memory over 35 years. The rise of NAND flash. How KIOXIA has been involved in advancing flash memory. This author of the article is Scott Nelson, Executive Vice President and ...

Nonvolatile flash memory dates back over two decades. Invented in 1994, the first application for flash memory was replacing audio tape in a phone answering machine. Digital film and cassette tapes ...

Microsoft research project makes flash storage work more efficiently in conjunction with RAM and hard disk for speedier reads and writes. Microsoft researchers are trying to improve the efficiency of ...

In a surprise move, Western Digital is splitting its hard disk drive (HDD) and flash memory storage businesses into separate companies, effectively spinning off its solid state drive (SSD) division.

June 10, 2005 The global love affair with the portable digital music (aka MP3) player continues to flourish with more players, larger capacities and cheaper prices, all the while fueled by more of the ...

On October 30, 2023, Western Digital WDC Corporation (NASDAQ NDAQ: WDC, $43.26, Market Cap: $14.03 billion), announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate its HDD ...