Samsung Enhances Performance of Memory Cards with OneNAND(TM) Fusion Memory.TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. Co., Ltd., the leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced at the third annual Samsung Mobile Solution Forum that its popular OneNAND(TM) high performance fusion memory will be offered for the first time in external memory cards. An alternative to standard NAND flash See flash memory. memory cards, the OneNAND-based memory cards available in 32MB through 256MB MultiMediaCards offer twice the performance of comparatively-sized conventional MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. cards and 10 times that of alternative memory cards. 1GB and 512MB densities will be available by the end of this year. By applying OneNAND to memory cards, Samsung offers the optimal solution for mobile phone and digital camera performance. OneNAND is a sophisticated device that incorporates buffer memory (known as "data RAM"), a controller and NAND flash memory on a single chip. NAND (Not AND) A Boolean logic operation that is true if any single input is false. Two-input NAND gates are often used as the sole logic element on gate array chips, because all Boolean operations can be created from NAND gates. See flash memory. , by itself, stores data at a relatively slow speed, but the new OneNAND configuration dramatically speeds up overall performance. OneNAND writes data at 9.3 MB per second and reads at 68 MBps. The multimedia card with OneNAND onboard Refers to a chip or other hardware component that is directly attached to the printed circuit board (motherboard). Contrast with offboard. See inboard. also uses a controller made by Samsung Electronics' System LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Division.
NAND vs. OneNAND Performance Comparison
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NAND Flash OneNAND (Performance difference over NAND)
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Read 16.2 MBps 68 MBps 4 Times
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Write 8 MBps 9.3 MBps 1.2 Times
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About Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence In the days of the first computers, transaction and company data were the first types of information digitized. Then came text, opening the world to word processing, followed by audio CDs and finally video. technologies with 2005 parent company sales of US$56.7 billion and net income of US$7.5 billion. Employing approximately 128,000 people in over 90 offices in 51 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Appliance Any apparatus controlled by a computer. It may refer to an actual household appliance (coffee maker, toaster, etc.) that is computerized, but often refers to a handheld device such as a pager, cellphone or PDA. See Internet appliance. Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones, and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com OneNAND is a trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
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