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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...
Samsung SM951 PCIe SSD Now Available
We reviewed Samsung's SM951 PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD a little over a month ago and it ended up being clearly the fastest client-level SSD, beating its predecessor XP941 by...
29 by Kristian Vättö on 4/7/2015
Samsung/NVIDIA Case Update: NVIDIA Receives "Favorable Ruling" At Markman Hearing
In a quick update to the ongoing legal saga between NVIDIA, Samsung, and Qualcomm over the future of GPU patents and licensing, NVIDIA has published an update on the...
53 by Ryan Smith on 4/6/2015
Chipworks Publishes Samsung Galaxy S6 Teardown
Recently, Chipworks managed to get their hands on the Galaxy S6 and tear down the device to get a closer look at the ICs (integrated circuit) present in the...
47 by Joshua Ho on 4/3/2015
The Samsung SSD 850 EVO mSATA/M.2 Review
Four months ago Samsung introduced the world to TLC V-NAND in the form of SSD 850 EVO. It did well in our tests and showed that 3D NAND technology...
58 by Kristian Vättö on 3/31/2015
Samsung Galaxy S 6 and S 6 Edge: Preview
Yesterday we received our Galaxy S6 and S6 edge review units. We’re still working on the final review but I wanted to share some early results from both devices...
200 by Joshua Ho on 3/26/2015
Samsung Announces the Galaxy S 6 and S 6 Edge
In recent times, Samsung has seen the erosion of their dominance in the Android ecosystem. The reasons for why this is are many, but at least some of the...
206 by Joshua Ho on 3/1/2015
Samsung Unpacked: MWC 2015 Live Blog
Here we are at Samsung Unpacked at MWC 2015. Ian on Photos, Andrei on text. Everyone is getting seated, seems to be almost 5000 people here
42 by Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on 3/1/2015
Samsung Announces 128GB UFS Storage For Smartphones
We've first heard about plans to adopt UFS (Universal Flash Storage) with the announcements of Toshiba and Qualcomm reported over a year ago. While the promised late 2014 schedule...
31 by Andrei Frumusanu on 2/25/2015
Samsung SM951 (512GB) PCIe SSD Review
The PCIe SSD revolution is upon us. So far nearly every controller vendor has shown off its PCIe SSD controller design and the latest news I've heard is that...
128 by Kristian Vättö on 2/24/2015
Samsung Releases Statement on 840 EVO Performance - Another Fix Is In the Works
Over the last month there has been some concern over the read performance of Samsung’s 840 EVO drives, and whether after Samsung’s previous performance fix, that these same drivers...
75 by Ryan Smith on 2/20/2015
Samsung Acquires Mobile Payment Company LoopPay
Today the US based mobile payment company LoopPay announced that they have been acquired by Samsung Electronics America. LoopPay is a unique example of a payment company that is building...
34 by Brandon Chester on 2/18/2015
Samsung Introduces The First eMMC 5.1 Based Flash Memory
Today Samsung revealed what they claim are the first flash memory chips based on the eMMC 5.1 standard which was just approved by JEDEC, the group that oversees the...
42 by Brandon Chester on 2/17/2015
ARM A53/A57/T760 investigated - Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Exynos Review
It's been a few months since Josh had the opportunity to review the Note 4. The defining characteristic is that this was the variant with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 805 SoC...
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Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M7) Will Receive Lollipop Update Tomorrow
It appears that carriers in the United States are getting their Android update testing done in a timely manner for once. Yesterday we reported on the Android Lollipop update...
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Verizon Galaxy S5 Receiving Lollipop Update
After arriving in certain European countries not long ago, the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Galaxy S5 has finally made its way to the United States. Oddly enough...
22 by Brandon Chester on 2/2/2015
Samsung Portable SSD T1 Review
The last few years have seen rapid advancements in flash technology and the rise of USB 3.0 as an ubiquitous high-speed interface on computers. These have led to the...
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Samsung CES Booth Tour: Tablets, Phones, and Core M ATIV Book 9
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Samsung’s booth is what they weren’t showing: laptops. They had exactly one laptop on display, the new ATIV Book 9 with Core M-5Y10c...
45 by Jarred Walton on 1/19/2015
Samsung Displays New 3D V-NAND Based Enterprise SSDs at CES 2015
Along with the release of the SM951 PCIe SSD, Samsung had several new enterprise SSDs on display at the show. The PM863 and SM863 are SATA 6Gbps drives and...
23 by Kristian Vättö on 1/15/2015
Samsung Launches SM951 M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD for OEMs/SIs
Back at Samsung SSD Global Summit in July, Samsung showed off the SM951 for the first time. The drive has then created a lot of interest because the Z97...
15 by Kristian Vättö on 1/14/2015
Samsung Announces the Galaxy A7
The smartphone space is not as it was a few years ago. There's increasing competition from vendors based in countries like China and India who can put out high...
9 by Brandon Chester on 1/12/2015
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