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Samsung Electronics has started mass production of its 9th generation of V-NAND memory. The first dies based on their latest NAND tech come in a 1 Tb capacity using a triple-level cell (TLC) architecture, with data transfer rates as high as 3.2 GT/s. The new 3D TLC NAND memory will initially be used to build high-capacity and high-performance SSDs, which will help to solidify Samsung's position in the storage market. Diving right in, Samsung is conspicuously avoiding to list the number of layers in their latest generation NAND, which is the principle driving factor in increasing capacity generation-on-generation. The company's current 8th gen V-NAND is 236 layers – similar to its major competitors – and word on the street is that 9th gen V-NAND ups...
Choosing the Right SSD for a Skylake-U System
Our Skylake NUC review had a brief section on the storage subsystem performance. The comments section raised a few questions about the inability of SSDs such as the Samsung...
40 by Ganesh T S on 5/9/2016
NVIDIA & Samsung Settle All Patent Infringement Disputes
Roughly a year and a half ago, NVIDIA opened up a patent infringement case against Samsung and Qualcomm, claiming that the various GPUs used by the two firms violated...
37 by Ryan Smith on 5/2/2016
The Samsung 750 EVO (120GB & 250GB) SSD Review: A Return To Planar NAND
The Samsung 750 EVO is a new budget SATA SSD using 16nm planar TLC NAND flash instead of Samsung's highly-praised 3D V-NAND. The 750 EVO otherwise has much in...
109 by Billy Tallis on 4/22/2016
Samsung Foundry Updates: 7nm EUV, 10LPP, and 14LPC
Earlier this week, Samsung announced a number of updates on the foundry side of their business. While process technology might not be necessarily as interesting as the actual end...
54 by Joshua Ho on 4/22/2016
Samsung Begins To Produce DDR4 Memory Using '10nm Class' Process Tech
Samsung Electronics has started to manufacture DDR4 memory using its new '10nm class' production technology. '10nm class', by definition, implies sub-20nm but without fully disclosing the methodology, similar to...
36 by Anton Shilov on 4/7/2016
Samsung Readies New Cost-Effective SSDs Featuring Maia Controller
Thanks to introduction of the PCIe-based M.2 form-factor and subsequent removal of SATA III bandwidth constraints, the evolution of high-performance SSDs has been quite spectacular in the recent years...
29 by Anton Shilov on 3/23/2016
Samsung Shows Off SM961 and PM961 SSDs: OEM Drives Get a Boost
At Samsung's annual SSD Forum Japan, the company has demonstrated two previously-unannounced high-performance client SSDs. The new SM961 and the PM961 drives are based on the company’s Polaris controller...
48 by Anton Shilov on 3/23/2016
Samsung Demos Its First BGA SSD: 1500 MB/s Read Speed and Tiny Package
In the recent years SSDs in M.2 form-factor have greatly reduced the amount of space required for storage sub-systems inside modern PCs. However, as computers get even smaller, there...
41 by Anton Shilov on 3/22/2016
EUV Lithography Makes Good Progress, Still Not Ready for Prime Time
At the recent annual SPIE Advanced Lithography conference, Intel, TSMC and other leading semiconductor companies said that significant strides have been made in extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) over the...
38 by Anton Shilov on 3/10/2016
The Samsung Galaxy S7 & S7 Edge Review, Part 1
For some time now, Samsung has been the dominant player in the Android space, especially at the high end of the market. From the Galaxy S2 onwards, Samsung has...
202 by Joshua Ho on 3/8/2016
Samsung Begins to Ship 15.36 TB SSD for Enterprise Storage Systems
Samsung on Thursday introduced its new lineup of high-capacity SSDs for enterprises. The new Samsung PM1633a family of drives includes the world’s first SSD that can store 15.36 TB...
44 by Anton Shilov on 3/3/2016
FreeSync-over-HDMI: Samsung Launches 1800R Curved FHD Monitors in the CF591 and CF390
One of the big things to come out of Computex last year was our exclusive preview of a new project by AMD: being able to bring variable refresh rate...
38 by Ian Cutress on 2/29/2016
The AnandTech Podcast, Episode 36: Mobile World Congress 2016, Snapdragon 820 and Exynos 8890
AnandTech Podcast #36: The annual smartphone extravaganza known as Mobile World Congress has come and gone. We clocked up 45.4km on foot during the week, averaging around five hours...
14 by Ian Cutress on 2/29/2016
Price Check: Price Gap Between DDR3 and DDR4 Memory Almost Gone
Around a year ago DRAM manufacturers ended up pinning a lot of their hopes on DDR4 as a way to improve their profit margins. In the cutthroat and highly...
16 by Anton Shilov on 2/25/2016
Samsung Announces 256GB UFS Embedded Storage Solution
Interestingly enough, we’re seeing something of a division in the mobile storage space, as it seems that some OEMs are focusing their efforts on UFS for internal storage, while...
23 by Joshua Ho on 2/25/2016
Samsung’s Gear S2 Classic 3G and 4G Smartwatches with eSIM to Hit the Market in March
Samsung has revealed that its Gear S2 Classic 3G and 4G smartwatches, which were formally introduced last September, will be available in the U.S. on March 11, 2016. The...
16 by Anton Shilov on 2/23/2016
Samsung Portable SSD T3 Review
Samsung launched the Portable SSD T3 at CES 2016. The claim to fame was the availability of 2TB of flash in a palm-sized enclosure with a USB 3.1 Gen...
50 by Ganesh T S on 2/22/2016
Hands On With the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge
If you've followed our reviews for the past year, it was probably evident that the Galaxy S6 was one of the best phones launched last year. With one of...
123 by Joshua Ho on 2/21/2016
Samsung Announces the Gear 360: Consumer VR Content Creation
In addition to the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, Samsung is also announcing a camera for VR content. Rather than the extreme setups that we see with some...
0 by Joshua Ho on 2/21/2016
MWC 2016: Samsung Unpacked Press Conference Live Blog... in VR?!
We're sat in the audience awaiting the start of Samsung's yearly MWC Press Conference. Is it still a conference if there's a Gear VR headset on every seat?!
8 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 2/21/2016
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