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• Toshiba ready for 2008 in a solid state

  Japanese memory chip manufacturer Toshiba announced yesterday that it will be showcasing a 128 GB NAND-flash-based solid-state drive (SSD) at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in early January.

• Intel, STMicro to form new flash company

  Intel, STMicroelectronics and private equity firm Francisco Partners plan to form an independent flash memory company in Switzerland, the companies said on Tuesday.

• RFID spills the beans on Korean shoppers

  Korea's second largest supermarket chain is counting on RFID to understand its customers a bit better.

• Apple orders 50 million GB serve of flash chips

  Samsung is warning its customers that NAND flash memory might be hard to come by for some time after Apple placed a large order, according to a report out of Taiwan.

• Samsung in US$5.85bn SanDisk offer

  Korean electronics giant Samsung has made a US$5.85 billion hostile bid to acquire US-based computer chip maker SanDisk.

Features and Case Studies (19)

• Hybrid drive to extend notebook battery life

  Microsoft and Samsung showed off a prototype hard drive on Monday that can record data while idling, a twist that has the potential to significantly cut power consumption in notebooks.

• Picture this: A new breed of cameras

  Standards came first to PCs, then to servers and mobile phones. Will cameras be next?

• End of the line for HP's Alpha

  Hewlett-Packard has released its final Alpha processor, the beginning of the end for a chip dynasty that never was.

• Meet Intel's next CEO

  Future headhoncho Paul Otellini will be the first non-engineer to take the helm at Intel, which is struggling to regain its footing.

• For Intel, the future has two cores

  Chipmaker turns to a more-is-better approach, downplaying chip speeds in favour of new features and designs.

Reviews (48)

• Samsung unveils fastest handheld chip

  The Korean electronics giant says it has developed the world's fastest mobile CPU, which runs at a core speed of 533MHz, and outpaces Intel's processor. But for how long?

• Microsoft extends hand on low-cost PDAs

  Microsoft and Samsung have announced they have teamed up to develop a design for low-cost handhelds, a market dominated by rival Palm.

• Samsung X15 plus

  The X15 Plus is an interesting enough notebook, but screen issues and a lacklustre bundled software package make it less enticing.

• Excited by 3G? Wait for 4G

  Third-generation mobile technology has arrived, duly accompanied by a barrage of hype. But the industry is already casting its eyes forward to the next big thing - 4G.

• Memory makers move to match Intel

  Memory makers are shifting gears to boost production of a high-speed version of double data rate DRAM, the result of a shift in the Intel product line.

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