Samsung starts production of 512GB flash storage for mobile device

By Park Sae-jin Posted : December 5, 2017, 15:20 Updated : December 5, 2017, 15:20

[Courtesy of Samsung]


Samsung Electronics has started mass production of 512GB embedded Universal Flash Storage (eUFS) for use in next-generation mobile devices. The new 64-layer chip for flash storage would help the world's largest chipmaker broaden its technological gap with competitors.

Demand for new memory chips with increased storage and processing speed is growing as 4K or UHD video filming became a common feature of smartphones and other portable devices. Samsung said Tuesday that its 64-layer "512GB eUFS V-NAND" chip is capable of storing 130 10-minute-long 4K video files.

Han Jae-soo, the executive vice president of Samsung's memory sales and marketing, said in a statement that the new chip has overcome "potential limitations in system performance that can occur with the use of micro SD cards".

The new chip's package bears the same size as Samsung's previous 48-layer 256GB V-NAND memory chips, but its processing speed reaches up to 860MB per second, which is enough to transfer a 5GB file to an SSD in just six seconds, according to Samsung.

Samsung said it would aggressively increase the production of its 512GB eUFS chips while expanding the production of 256GB eUFS chips. 

 
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