Chip to make gadgets 'cheaper'
27/03/2007 14:06  - (SA)  

8 GBs for your cellphone Samsung unveils 'super chip'

Seoul - Samsung Electronics, the world's top memory chipmaker, said on Tuesday it has developed the industry's first fusion semi-conductor that combines two different types of flash memory.

The Flex-OneNAND can help make handsets for cellphones and multimedia gadgets much more compact at cheaper prices, Samsung officials said.

The product merges the two different NAND flash memory chips - the SLC type which excels in processing data quickly and the MLC type suitable for storing large amounts of data - into a single set, Samsung said.

"The ratio of SLC to MLC functions within the same device can be freely adjusted in accordance with different product needs," spokesperson Park Sunghae said.

Samsung said the fusion memory chip was unveiled at the Samsung Mobile Solution Forum in Taiwan on Tuesday.

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