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Toshiba Launches New 1.8-inch HDD with Serial ATA Interface
(Feb 26)
Toshiba Corp. today announced new 1.8-inch hard disk drives (HDD) that integrate a performance enhancing serial ATA interface: the MK1216GSG offers a storage capacity of 120GB, while the MK8016GSG has a capacity of 80GB. Mass production of both drives will start in April.
Toshiba develops the world's fastest speed embedded DRAM technology
(Feb 6)
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has realized the world's fastest circuit technology for embedded DRAM for System LSI, achieving a speed of 833MHz at 32Mb density. The technology will be applied to graphic processing LSI. The technology was today introduced at the ISSCC (International Solid State Circuits Conference), held at San Francisco CA from February 3rd.
SanDisk to Launch 43-Nanometer Multi-Level NAND Flash Memory in Mass Production
(Feb 6)
SanDisk Corporation today announced the introduction of Multi-Level (MLC) NAND flash memory using 43 nanometer process technology co-developed with Toshiba Corporation in Japan.
Engineers demonstrate nanotube wires operating at speed of commercial chips
(Jan 30)
Integrated circuits, such as the silicon chips inside all modern electronics, are only as good as their wiring, but copper conduits are approaching physical performance limitations as they get thinner.
IBM Alliances Announce Advancement in High-K/Metal Gate Technology
(Dec 14)
IBM and its joint development partners -- AMD, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, Freescale, Infineon, and Samsung -- announced an innovative approach to speed the implementation of a breakthrough material known as "high-k/metal gate" in next generation 32 nanometer (32nm) computer chips.
Toshiba develops basic technology for world's smallest flash memory element in 10nm generation
(Dec 12)
Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has developed a new double tunneling layer technology applicable to future 10nm generation flash memories.
Toshiba Introduces New 10 Year--Quick Charge Industrial Battery
(Dec 11)
Toshiba will begin selling the SCiB quick charge-10 year battery in March, 2008. This industrial battery increases safety, versatility in power source and qualifies as environmentally sensitive.
Toshiba Launches High Performance Solid State Drives With MLC NAND Flash Memory
(Dec 10)
Toshiba Corp. today announced their entry into the emerging market for NAND-flash-based solid-state drives (SSDs) with a series of products featuring multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory.
Toshiba develops new MRAM device which opens the way to giga-bits capacity
(Nov 6)
Toshiba Corporation today announced important breakthroughs in key technologies for magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM), a promising, next-generation semiconductor memory device.
High-tech CT scans: not a bad choice to test for clogged arteries
(Nov 5)
A study by an international team of cardiac imaging specialists, led by researchers at Johns Hopkins, concludes that sophisticated computed tomography (CT) scans of the heart and its surrounding arteries are almost as reliable and accurate as more invasive procedures to check for blockages.
