Samsung ha realizzato la prima memory card in formato MMCmicro (MultiMediaCard micro, ndr) da 2Gb: lo ha reso noto il produttore stesso attraverso il comunicato stampa che è allegato di seguito. La nuova MMCmicro di Samsung (cfr. foto seguente) è utilizzabile come memoria aggiuntiva per i comuni telefoni mobili.
La nuova memoria flash si fa notare non solo per l'alto valore della capacità di memorizzazione ma anche per le dimensioni molto ridotte (12X14X1.1mm) e per l'elevata velocità di scrittura dei dati che raggiunge i 7.12Mb/s (questo transfer rate è di circa 3 volte superiore a quello delle comuni microSD, ndr).
Seoul, Korea, April 19, 2006 : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it has developed a 2GByte MultiMediaCard (MMCmicroTM) that combines four 4Gbit NAND flash devices. This is the smallest, fastest and highest capacity memory card for mobile phones, developed only three months after Samsung led the industry by launching a 1GByte MMCmicro.
“The 2GByte high-performance MMC is a powerful indicator of Samsung’s expanding efforts to embrace the widest possible range of multimedia applications including mobile video,” said Don Barnetson, Director, Flash Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
Despite being the size of a fingernail (12mmx14mmx1.1mm), the new MMCmicro will provide the highest transmission speed of any removable memory card, transmitting data 3.5 times faster than other cards. The card can store 12 hours of mobile video and is fast enough to download three hours of it in under two minutes. An adapter allows the card to be plugged into any multimedia card slot.
The 2GB MMC can operate at either 1.8 volts (V) and 3.3V, making it an even more viable solution for mobile phones.
The new MMC, in a format standardized by the MultiMediaCard association (MMCA) and being standardized by JEDEC, can be obtained by manufacturers without royalties or licensing fees.
The 1 GB MMCmicro will be commercially available in 2006.
According to Dataquest, a semiconductor market research firm, as the global memory card market will grow five percent between 2005 and 2010, the multimedia card market will grow 17% and the MMCmicro market by 95 percent during the same period.
News Source: Samsung Press Release
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