Chapter of the American unit Toshiba laptops for Jeff Barney (Jeff Barney) reported that his company is developing a range of tablet devices. They arrive on the market or at the end of this year or early in 2011. According to Barney, the Japanese company is making great efforts to build on this market niche and not allow Apple to monopolize it to their iPad.

"Underestimation of these new categories was a mistake – he said. – In addition, we need to create new categories, to increase production. "

Clipboards Toshiba already sold. In particular, last year in Europe began selling model Journe Touch.

Via Electronista

Toshiba in conjunction with the University "Keio (Tokyo) has developed a new technology to create a solid-state memory densities up to 1 TB and the size" of a postage stamp. " This is substantially less than the 1.8-inch modules, which are now used in the iPod, and especially 2,5-inch, used in netbooks.

The new memory chip used NAND at 128 GB with one controller. Exchange rate is 2 Gbps, while using electromagnetic pulses of short-range. The researchers argue that their development as much as 70% more economical in terms of energy consumption than the existing 2.5-inch SSD-carriers.

Scientists expect that technology will bring to the stage of mass production by 2012. One of the main problems may be that for these types of technologies no single industry standard, so the developers to be tough negotiations with manufacturers of computers.

Via HotHardware

On Monday, Toshiba announced the release of built-in NAND memory capacity of 64 GB. In her statement, it is the most capacious memory in the world. It is equipped with a separate controller, and sixteen 32-gigabit chips, produced by 32-nm process technology. Due to the advanced technology of the chip thickness is only 30 microns.

Development is able to double the amount of memory in portable devices such as smart phones and players. For example, the iPhone can put one module on the 64 GB and iPod touch, using two modules, equipped with 128.

Deliveries of the first modules will begin this month.

Via iPod NN

Toshiba Intel catches up with its 32-nm memory

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.