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Japanese Scientists Cut SSD Physical Size By 90 Percent

Japanese Scientists Cut SSD Physical Size By 90 Percent

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Japanese researchers have succeeded in shrinking solid state devices by a whopping 90 percent and managed at the same time to make them cheaper and more energy efficient by 70 percent. The team was formed by scientists coming from a number of entities like Toshiba and the Keio University in Tokyo and has already produced a postage stamp-sized storage device. Their first prototype uses 128 NAND memory chips to achieve a capacity of 1TB (according to various reports),...



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Super Talent has announced its entry into the high-end enthusiast storage market with the TeraNova series of high-speed, high-capacity solid-state drives (SSDs.) Described by the company as the fastest drives it has released to...


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