Samsung on Wednesday introduced its
first eMMC (embedded multimedia card)
5.1 flash memory chips, which have bee
approved by semiconductor industry's
standards group JEDEC.
eMMC storage is standard in all
smartphones and tablets being produce
nowadays. It essentially brings a NAND
memory and controller on to a single
chip, thus helping reduce space
requirements and boosting performance.
The newly-approved NAND flash
technology standard - eMMC 5.1 - by
Samsung is claimed to be faster and
more seamless in terms of multitasking
activities, including the streaming and
playback of UHD (Ultra High Definition)
video content because of its first
command queue function.
The company says that new chips will
come in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB
capacities, and that it has already
started preparing to ship its first eMMC
5.1 products to some smartphone and
tablet OEMs.
The 64GB eMMC 5.1 memory is claimed
to deliver a maximum speed of 250MB/s
for sequential data reading and 125MB/
for sequential data writing.
"For random read and write performance
ours 64GB eMMC 5.1 memory achieves
up to 11,000 IOPS (input/output
operations per second) and 13,000 IOPS
which are approximately seven and 26
times faster respectively, compared to a
typical external microSD card with
approximately 1,500 IOPS and 500
IOPS," notes Samsung.
The eMMC 5.1 chips also supports
"Secure Write Protection" that ensures
only designated users will be able to
access secured areas of the eMMC.
Earlier this month, Samsung had started
mass production of its first combined
RAM and storage ePOP memory package
The company had announced that it ha
made a breakthrough single-package
solution for memory chips that will use
up to 40 percent less space in
smartphones.
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