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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...
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Samsung Bringing Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus To US: 1.2 GHz Dual-Core Tablet For $399
Samsung hasn't been shy about pumping out Android tablets abroad, and so far we've seen them trickling our way steadily but surely. And so, today Samsung announced that the...
13 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/21/2011Confirmed: Galaxy Nexus Includes PenTile
Though we've learned a lot about the Galaxy Nexus specifications already, one of the things that has remained a question thus far is whether its 4.65" 720p HD Super...
152 by Brian Klug & Jason Inofuentes on 10/21/2011
Samsung Focus S & Flash: Official Images, 1.4GHz Mango Devices Shipping This Fall
The one area Microsoft hasn't touched while upgrading Windows Phone has been the SoC requirements. The platform launched with 65nm Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs featuring the quite-slow Adreno 200 GPU...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/19/2011
Samsung Galaxy Nexus Officially Announced
Samsung today officially announced the specifications for the newest member of the Nexus family - Galaxy Nexus. The announcement closely matches what we've been anticipating for some time now...
52 by Brian Klug on 10/18/2011
Samsung and Google Android Event Moved to October 19
Google and Samsung will be hosting their joint Ice Cream Sandwich-New Nexus Phone event in Hong Kong on October 19th at 10:00am local time (which is October 18th at...
20 by Andrew Cunningham on 10/13/2011
CTIA: AT&T Outs 5 New Android Phones, Atrix 2 for $99 on-contract
The Fall hits just keep coming. Today AT&T joined partners Motorola, Samsung, Pantech and newcomer ZTE to announce 5 new Android handsets due out this Fall. The line-up includes...
5 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/11/2011
Samsung Stratosphere: LTE and QWERTY for $149 [UPDATED]
With Palm essentially dead, and RIM undergoing a less than smooth transition, it seems at times that more companies are going after the suits and ties crowd that have...
11 by Jason Inofuentes on 10/10/2011
Samsung and Google Cancel Unpacked Event - May Delay Nexus Prime and Ice Cream Sandwich
Google and Samsung had scheduled an event, Unpacked: Google Edition, for October 11th, but the companies today reported that the event has been canceled. It was expected that Samsung...
30 by Kristian Vättö on 10/7/2011
Samsung Teases Nexus Prime in Video Form
Samsung has teased us a few times about the Nexus Prime which is expected to get a full debut at CTIA Enterprise. We got the invite and will be...
19 by Brian Klug on 10/5/2011
Samsung Gives Portability Another Try with Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus
The original 7-inch Galaxy Tab wasn't all that impressive. It was a premature release with an inadequate SoC running a version of Android intended for smartphones, not tablets. Since...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/30/2011
Samsung Talks About 32nm 1.5GHz Exynos SoC
In our Galaxy S 2 review we highlighted an extremely unique aspect of Samsung's latest: its Exynos 4210 SoC. The 4210 features two ARM Cortex A9 cores running at...
14 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/29/2011
Introducing the Tizen Project
When Intel first announced its intentions to enter the smartphone space it needed an OS that demanded the additional silicon Intel was willing to invest in this market. With...
10 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/28/2011
Hands-on With The Galaxy Tab 8.9
First revealed at CTIA, alongside it’s big brother the Tab 10.1, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 has been a long time coming. At today’s launch event Samsung gave the...
33 by Jason Inofuentes on 9/27/2011
Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 & 5.0, Available October 16
Alongside availability of the Galaxy Tab 8.9, Samsung also announced the availability of the Galaxy Player 4.0 and 5.0: Samsung's iPod Touch competitors. Both will be for sale starting...
32 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/26/2011
The Wait is Over: Samsung Announces the Galaxy Tab 8.9
When I first met the Galaxy Tab 8.9 in Florida earlier this year I felt like it may be the perfect tablet form factor: small enough to be really...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/26/2011
The Samsung SSD 830 Review
Samsung is a dangerous competitor in the SSD space. Not only does it make its own controller, DRAM and NAND, but it also has an incredible track record in...
100 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/24/2011
Samsung Confirms APQ8060 for T-Mobile Galaxy S 2
After the Samsung Galaxy S 2 launch announcement, I made an educated prediction that the T-Mobile variant would come with a Qualcomm SoC and not Samsung's own Exynos. The...
13 by Brian Klug on 9/13/2011
Samsung's Galaxy S 2: The Smoothest Scrolling Android Device Around
One aspect of differentiation between Android smartphones has always been how smoothly they scroll both in the OS and in the browser. Later versions of Android have addressed the...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/12/2011
ARM's Mali-400 MP4 is the Fastest Smartphone GPU...for Now
Earlier this morning we published our long awaited review of the Samsung Galaxy S 2. In it we dedicated a few pages to investigating Samsung's own Exynos 4210 SoC...
30 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2011
Samsung Galaxy S 2 (International) Review - The Best, Redefined
The road to our Galaxy S2 review has been a long one. The first time we saw the device was at Mobile World Congress, where it was initially announced...
133 by Brian Klug & Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2011
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