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Related: About this forum10TB SSDs will be available next year thanks to new memory tech
SSDs and other flash memory devices will soon get cheaper and larger thanks to big announcements from Toshiba and Intel. Both companies revealed new "3D NAND" memory chips that are stacked in layers to pack in more data, unlike single-plane chips currently used. Toshiba said that it's created the world's first 48-layer NAND, yielding a 16GB chip with boosted speeds and reliability. The Japanese company invented flash memory in the first place and has the smallest NAND cells in the world at 15nm. Toshiba is now giving manufacturers engineering samples, but products using the new chips won't arrive for another year or so.
At the same time, Intel and partner Micron revealed they're now manufacturing their own 32-layer NAND chips that should also arrive in SSDs in around a year. They're sampling even larger capacity NAND memory than Toshiba, with 32GB chips available now and a 48GB version coming soon. Micron said the chips could be used to make gum-stick sized M.2 PCIe SSDs up to 3.5TB in size and 2.5-inch SSDs with 10TB of capacity -- on par with the latest hard drives. All of this means that Toshiba, Intel/Micron and companies using their chips will soon give some extra competition to Samsung, which has been using 3D NAND tech for much longer. The result will be nothing but good for consumers: higher capacity, cheaper SSDs that will make spinning hard disks sleep with one eye open.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/27/toshiba-intel-3d-nand-chips/
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(1,884 posts)But try to find any. (I prefer brick and mortar, if i can)
I sometimes do digital conversion of old prints and 35mm slides and negatives. Also cleaning up other people digital pictures. Even 4 gig is way over kill for returning the results. Cheap 4 gig flash drives are still needed.
There are plenty 32, 64 and even 128 gig flash drives for sale, but at much higher prices, which isn't worth the cost for what would be put on them.
x10 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drives
$26.59 & FREE Shipping
http://www.amazon.com/Flash-Drive-Swivel-Design-Blue/dp/B00E4BHOFA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427725856&sr=8-2&keywords=usb+4gb+flash+drive
+ I'm sure other sites do similar deals...
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(1,884 posts)Even though I prefer a walk-in store, I might have to do that.
Thanks
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)up at the front counter or over where they sale the cellphones and or camera supplies.
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(1,884 posts)I live in Kansas City and haven't seen that here. I'll look harder next time, maybe I missed them.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)and other related stuff.
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(1,884 posts)I don't ever remember seeing the rest.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)near customer service which is usually up front.
MillennialDem
(2,367 posts)computer and a couple old 128ers in my spare desktop/emulator box and my laptop
Can you tell I'm a gamer girl?