Samsung Begins Mass Producing Industry’s Highest Density (128GB) Embedded NAND Storage

Samsung Electronics announced that it has begun volume production of 128-gigabyte (GB) embedded memory for next-generation smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices at Samsung Mobile Solution Forum on Sep. 18^th.

Samsung started producing the new128GB Embedded Multimedia Card (eMMC) Pro Class 1500 in August 2011, which is only one month after it started delivering eMMC Pro products in 16-, 32- and 64-GB densities, rapidly completing the industry’s widest line-up of eMMC products.

With 128GB of the new embedded memory storage, mobile handsets and tablet PCs can store up to 15 full HD, 8GB-equivalent video files. Also, the new eMMC fits into an extremely slim 12x16mm FBGA package that nicely accommodates today’s sleeker mobile designs. In addition, the new eMMC provides the industry’s highest density and highest performance level for an embedded memory chip.

Samsung’s eMMC Pro cards read data sequentially at up to 140 megabytes per second (MB/s) and write it at up to 50MB/s, which is five times faster than Class-10 rated external memory cards. For random reading and writing, it can process up to 3500/1500 IOPS (inputs and outputs per second, respectively)*.

The ultra high-speed storage device uses Samsung’s 64-gigabit (Gb) NAND memory with a toggle DDR 2.0 interface based on the company’s latest 20 nanometer class** process technology. The new eMMC’s fully managed NAND comes with its own high performance controller and intelligent flash-management firmware.

The Samsung eMMC Pro Class 1500 supports the JEDEC eMMC v4.5 specification that standardizes the most advanced features to improve performance, efficiency, security and reliability. In being quick to mass produce the industry’s most extensive eMMC v4.5 product line-up, Samsung anticipates that the proportion of premium NAND flash in the mobile market will grow even faster.

For more information about Samsung memory, visit

www.samsungsemi.com or www.samsung.com/memory

*Based on Samsung lab results. Results can vary depending upon test conditions, systems architecture and software.

** 20nm-class means a process technology node somewhere between 20 and 29 nanometers.

***All functionality, features, specifications and other product information provided in this document including, but not limited to, the benefits, design, pricing, components, performance, availability, and capabilities of the product are subject to change without notice or obligation.