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Toshiba Memory Unveils New Technology for Removable NVMe Memory Devices with Groundbreaking Size to Performance Ratio

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Toshiba Memory America, Inc. , the U.S.-based subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Corporation, today announced XFMEXPRESS, a new technology for removable PCIe attached, NVMe memory devices.

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  • Toshiba Memory America, Inc. , the U.S.-based subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Corporation, today announced XFMEXPRESS, a new technology for removable PCIe attached, NVMe memory devices.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Putting serviceability front and center, XFMEXPRESS technology enables a new category of small memory devices and SSDs that are easy to service or upgrade.
  • By pairing a robust, compact package with removable memory functionality and flexibility, XFMEXPRESS technology will help diminish technical barriers and design constraints.
  • Toshiba Memory America, Inc. is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Corporation , a leading worldwide supplier of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs) .

Samsung Electronics Takes 3D Memory to New Heights With Sixth-Generation V-NAND SSDs for Client Computing

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190806005360/en/
    Samsung Electronics Takes 3D Memory to New Heights with Sixth-generation V-NAND SSDs for Client Computing (Photo: Business Wire)
    By bringing cutting-edge 3D memory technology to volume production, we are able to introduce timely memory lineups that significantly raise the bar for speed and power efficiency, said Kye Hyun Kyung, executive vice president of Solution Product & Development at Samsung Electronics.
  • With faster development cycles for next-generation V-NAND products, we plan to rapidly expand the markets for our high-speed, high-capacity 512Gb V-NAND-based solutions.
  • Samsungs sixth-generation V-NAND features the industrys fastest data transfer rate, capitalizing on the companys distinct manufacturing edge that is taking 3D memory to new heights.
  • Following todays introduction of the 250GB SSD, Samsung plans to offer 512Gb three-bit V-NAND SSD and eUFS in the second half of this year.

Samsung Electronics Takes 3D Memory to New Heights With Sixth-generation V-NAND SSDs for Client Computing

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

With faster development cycles for next-generation V-NAND products, we plan to rapidly expand the markets for our high-speed, high-capacity 512Gb V-NAND-based solutions.

Key Points: 
  • With faster development cycles for next-generation V-NAND products, we plan to rapidly expand the markets for our high-speed, high-capacity 512Gb V-NAND-based solutions.
  • Samsungs sixth-generation V-NAND features the industrys fastest data transfer rate, capitalizing on the companys distinct manufacturing edge that is taking 3D memory to new heights.
  • Utilizing Samsungs unique channel hole etching technology, the new V-NAND adds around 40-percent more cells to the previous 9x-layer single-stack structure.
  • Following todays introduction of the 250GB SSD, Samsung plans to offer 512Gb three-bit V-NAND SSD and eUFS in the second half of this year.

Toshiba Memory America Optimizes RocksDB for SSDs

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Toshiba Memory Corporation , the world leader in memory solutions, today announced that Toshiba Memory America, Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary, unveiled write amplification1 (WA) and endurance software innovations that significantly improve RocksDB for SSDs.

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  • Toshiba Memory Corporation , the world leader in memory solutions, today announced that Toshiba Memory America, Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary, unveiled write amplification1 (WA) and endurance software innovations that significantly improve RocksDB for SSDs.
  • Toshiba Memory Group, a world leader in memory solutions, is dedicated to the development, production and sale of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs).
  • In April 2017, Toshiba Memory was spun off from Toshiba Corporation, the company that invented NAND flash memory in 1987.
  • Toshiba Memory pioneers cutting-edge memory solutions and services that enrich people's lives and expand society's horizons.

Toshiba Memory Corporation Introduces XL-FLASHTM Storage Class Memory Solution

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Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Toshiba Memory Corporation , the world leader in memory solutions, today announced the launch of a new Storage Class Memory (SCM) solution: XL-FLASHTM.

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  • Toshiba Memory Corporation , the world leader in memory solutions, today announced the launch of a new Storage Class Memory (SCM) solution: XL-FLASHTM.
  • In every mention of a Toshiba Memory product: Product density is identified based on the density of memory chip(s) within the Product, not the amount of memory capacity available for data storage by the end user.
  • Toshiba Memory Group, a world leader in memory solutions, is dedicated to the development, production and sale of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs).
  • In April 2017, Toshiba Memory was spun off from Toshiba Corporation, the company that invented NAND flash memory in 1987.

Kingston Digital Introduces Next-Gen A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD

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Monday, August 5, 2019

Kingston Digital, Inc. , the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it is shipping the A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD .

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  • Kingston Digital, Inc. , the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it is shipping the A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD .
  • The single-sided M.2 drive is Kingstons next-gen entry-level, consumer NVMe PCIe SSD utilizing 3D NAND.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190805005511/en/
    Kingston Digital Introduces Next-Gen A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD for Ultrabooks & Small Form Factor PCs (Photo: Business Wire)
    A2000 is an affordable storage solution with impressive read / write speeds up to 2,200 / 2,000MB/s1, respectively, thus delivering 3x the performance of a SATA SSD.
  • Kingston is proud to release the next generation of its entry-level NVMe PCIe SSD.

OakGate Technology Announces WorkloadIntelligence™, the World’s First Deep Workload Analytics and Replay Software Solution for Hyperscale Data Centers and Enterprise SSD Suppliers

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Monday, August 5, 2019

Today, data centers do not have an effective way to monitor, capture, analyze, and replay real-world workloads.

Key Points: 
  • Today, data centers do not have an effective way to monitor, capture, analyze, and replay real-world workloads.
  • Additionally, SSD suppliers do not have the capability to replay production workloads, and therefore find it problematic to resolve customer issues or deliver functionality and performance for data center environments.
  • WorkloadIntelligence software solutions enable data centers and their SSD suppliers to overcome these challenges by providing them with a scalable, high-performance platform for storage workload performance analysis and replay.
  • Sharing of production workloads by data center customers with their SSD suppliers can help suppliers improve SSD performance and functionality.

Toshiba Memory Introduces XL-FLASH Storage Class Memory Solution

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Monday, August 5, 2019

Toshiba Memory America, Inc. (TMA), the U.S.-based subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Corporation, today announced the launch of a new Storage Class Memory (SCM) solution: XL-FLASH.

Key Points: 
  • Toshiba Memory America, Inc. (TMA), the U.S.-based subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Corporation, today announced the launch of a new Storage Class Memory (SCM) solution: XL-FLASH.
  • As the cost-per-bit and scalability of DRAM levels off, this new SCM (or persistent memory) layer in the memory hierarchy addresses that issue with a high density, cost effective, non-volatile NAND flash memory solution.
  • Toshiba Memory America, Inc. is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Corporation , a leading worldwide supplier of flash memory and solid state drives (SSDs) .
  • In every mention of a Toshiba Memory product: Product density is identified based on the density of memory chip(s) within the Product, not the amount of memory capacity available for data storage by the end user.

Western Digital Launches Two New Families of NVMe™ SSDs For Today’s Data Center Workload Evolution

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Monday, August 5, 2019

FLASH MEMORY SUMMIT 2019, Booth #207 Western Digital today announced two new 96-layer 3D flash NVMe SSD families , the Ultrastar DC SN640 and Ultrastar DC SN340.

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  • FLASH MEMORY SUMMIT 2019, Booth #207 Western Digital today announced two new 96-layer 3D flash NVMe SSD families , the Ultrastar DC SN640 and Ultrastar DC SN340.
  • NVMe is having a great impact on enterprises and what they can do with data, particularly for real-time analytics, M2M and IoT, and emerging technologies like composable infrastructure .
  • Data center customers understand the nature of their data streams and application workloads and are realizing that todays general-purpose architectures are inefficient and can carry resource and cost overhead.
  • Our Ultrastar NVMe SSDs are based on our deep understanding of evolving workloads and trends within the data center and are aligned to our proven and reliable 96L NAND nodes.

Silicon Motion Showcases New Products at 2019 Flash Memory Summit

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Monday, August 5, 2019

Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) ("Silicon Motion"), a global leader in NAND Flash controllers and solid-state storage devices, today announced it will be presenting at the upcoming Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, CA from Aug 6th to 8th.

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  • Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) ("Silicon Motion"), a global leader in NAND Flash controllers and solid-state storage devices, today announced it will be presenting at the upcoming Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, CA from Aug 6th to 8th.
  • The new controllers and storage solutions to be displayed at Silicon Motions Flash Memory Summit booth #413 include:
    The exhibit will also include:
    SM2754: UFS 3.1 controller for embedded UFS, uMCP and UFS card
    Silicon Motion representatives will also be presenting at Flash Memory Summit forums.
  • We are the global leader in supplying NAND flash controllers for solid state storage devices and the merchant leader in supplying SSD controllers.
  • Our customers include most of the NAND flash vendors, storage device module makers and leading OEMs.