Despite the crisis and the decline in income for many producers «iron», a company Transcend, it seems, these problems do not occur. Volumes of supplies of the manufacturer of memory in February may well exceed the level of 10 million. In January, the company has a market 7.21 million memory modules, which is 25.4% is already very real emerging indicators of this month.

Sales of strategic products showed an annual growth of 64.4%. In January, the proceeds of sales of strategic products – such as digital photo frames, portable hard drives and digital players – have grown by 15.9% compared to previous months. Also in January, has 30 000 Transcend SSD-drives. The total volume of Transcend memory modules in January reached 7.56 million, most of whom are Flash-memory NAND – 58.7%. Grown, and the average supplied memory Transcend: in January it was 4.72 GB and the average capacity flash cards rose to 2.97 GB. Regarding modules DRAM, their average volume in January the company reached 1.59 GB.

The total volume of memory, including strategic products
Source: Digitimes, February 2009

According to Transcend, the countries with developing economies such as India, Russia and Eastern Europe, has the potential to become the most important markets for us in the near future. Transcend is looking for opportunities for cooperation with local distributors in growing markets.

The International Conference on integrated circuits (International Solid State Circuits Conference) by SanDisk introduced together with the Toshiba development – technology, flash memory, combining technology, X3 and 32-nanometer manufacturing process of production of chips. Created in such a way NAND-memory modules with multilevel cells (MLC) will have a capacity of up to 32 GB – each cell can store three bits of information. Sami chips produced so compact that they can be easily used in the manufacture of memory card format microSD.

The manufacturer claims that the modules X3, created on 32-nanometer production methods, and provide a capacity of 32 GB of memory microSD highest density – because of its capacity is double the performance of chip microSD, produced on 43-nanometer technology. Distribution of microSD cards in proportion to increased sales of mobile phones, or media with memory expansion slots. Several earlier SanDisk and Toshiba have submitted plans to release another ultraplotnoy form of flash memory NAND – namely X4. In this technology, a new memory controller, and each cell is placed in the four bits of data, and transmission speed is 7.8 MB per second. Components can be used to increase capacity to 64 GB, doubling the 32-gigabaytnye drives that Toshiba began producing at the end of last year.

Companies plan to begin production of 32-gigabaytnoy 32-nanometer memory X3 in the second half of 2009. Although the suppliers is not yet possible applications from independent companies, Toshiba has supplied components for your Apple iPhone or iPod touch. A sale of flash cards X4 will begin in the first half of 2009.

Samsung introduced a new external DVD-drive a series of SE-S084B.

Recording speed DVD + R at 8X, CD-R-24X. Buffer Size – 2 MB. Use technology that automatically stabilize the disc and compensation roughness carrier. Insert the disc in the drive can be both horizontally and vertically. Connects an external drive via USB 2.0.

SE-S084B will be available in several colors: black, white, silver, sky blue and red.

Prices on devays should be in the vicinity of $ 80.

Company Transcend introduced a new solid-state hard drive SSD18M, made in 1.8-inch form factor. The new drive is characterized by the presence of interfaces eSATA and USB, it combines stylish design and ease of use and storage of data.

SSD18M – a compact device that is distinct reliability – because, unlike traditional magnetic hard drives, the SSD-drive, no moving mechanical parts, and it eliminates the risk of failures during operation under conditions of shaking and vibration. High-speed eSATA interface provides data transfer at speeds of up to 90 MB / s reading and 50 MB / s for a recording. Dimensions SSD18M constitute 80×50x12.5 mm, weight – 50 g, thus the drive will fit in the wallet. SSD18M from Transcend is available in versions with 32, 64 and 128 GB of memory.