San Francisco (CA) – There aren’t many options for flash manufacturers in the current market downturn: While some manufacturers are clearly running at a slower pace, there are some that seem to accelerate their research efforts. One of them is Sandisk, which just announced the first 32 nm flash memory chip as well as the first 4-bit cell – innovations that should help the company to lift SSD capacities easily above the 500 GB mark.
Sandisk and Toshiba unveiled their new technologies at ISSCC 2009 yesterday and said that they will provide a foundation for more storage space in flash memory devices and reduce manufacturing costs. The 32 nm chip is said to maintain the performance levels of the 43 nm generation, which was first shown at ISSCC 2008 a year ago. The technology also uses a 3-bit per cell technology, which should make its way quickly into products such as Compact Flash and SDHC cards with up to 64 GB capacity as well as high-end consumer SSDs that should top 500 GB for the first time.
Samsung especially highlighted the benefits of such a small chip for microSD cards that are typically used as storage expansion in cellphones, as it provides twice the capacity of the 43 nm chip. The die size of a 32 Gb 32 nm chip is just 113 mm2. Mass production of this chip is expected to begin in the second half of this year.
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Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Video sharing website YouTube has always been seen as a recreational site, but now it has been revealed that it has helped some people earn a six-figure salary off it.
Michael Buckley, 33, is one such person who says that he has been able to earn his six-figure through the site.
"Uh, I do well," CBS News quoted him as saying.
"I make over six figures a year," he said.
His high-energy, two-minute show "What the Buck," a play on his last name, is the product of a 2,000 dollars camera, a pair of work-lights and a 6 dollars backdrop. The show averages 200,000 hits an episode.
"I just wanted to create my own vehicle and I did," he stated.
Last year, YouTube invited its most popular, most-watched contributors to partner with them by adding banner ads to the bottom of video clips.
For every one thousand hits, advertisers pay 15 to 20 dollars. It's a fraction the cost of TV commercials, and they reach a more targeted audience.
Buckley's show ranks number eight on the Web site, and he believes that the Internet is the only way he could have made it big.
"I do believe so," Buckley said.
"I do believe that ... the Internet was my route to any sort of success," he added. (ANI)