Samsung Unveils 64-Gbit Flash Memory Chip

Lucas123 writes "The chips can be combined to create a 128-GB flash storage device capable of holding up to 80 DVD movies or 32,000 MP3 music files. The chip was created using 30-nanometer processing technology that was developed with Samsung's self-aligned double patterning technology. Manufacturing will start in 2009; but the article quotes a Gartner analyst who reminds us, 'Samsung has had a difficult time adhering to its timelines for mass production due to the complexity of MLC architectures and ever shrinking process geometries.'"

64Gb = 8GB = incremental improvement

[BadAnalogyGuy]

I don't know if I want storage that can't be addressed in 4 bytes.

Re:Bad math

[doombringerltx]

Even listing "2133 hours and 20 minutes of music" is going to need a footnote of thats its of mp3s encoded at a bit rate of 128kbps. I listen to punk and hardcore and 128 kbps is more than enough for most of my stuff, but I know some people who listen to real music and will complain to no end if its less than 256 kbps.

Re:Storage size limit?

[somersault]

Surely nobody needs that many porno movies one one drive?

Don't ask "but how many writes before it fails?"

[Anonymous Coward]

Every single fucking time a flash memory article is posted some bunch of fucktards asks the same damn bunch of asshat questions or makes the same stupid "observation".

The claim is that flash memory will somehow wear out too quickly to be useful; or "only lasts a few thousand writes" or some other stupid ass comment.

Please please please - look up older articles and read the comments or just read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_levelling [wikipedia.org] and shut up. Flash memory and its controllers have improved to the point where it's reasonable to expect an SSD to last longer than a typical PC or laptop's useful life.