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Toshiba Launches Industry's First 512GB Solid State Drive and Next-Generation SSD Family ...

— news.prnewswire.com — IRVINE, Calif. and TOKYO , Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba) and Toshiba America Electronic Components,... Inc. (TAEC)*, its subsidiary in the Americas, today announced the expansion of their line up of NAND-flash-based solid state drives ... (more) Toshiba Launches Industry's First 512GB Solid State ...

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— toshiba.com — IRVINE, Calif., and TOKYO December 18, 2008 Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba) and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)*,... its subsidiary in the Americas, today announced the expansion of their line up of NAND-flash-based solid state drives (SSD) ... (more) N/A

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news.cnet.com - 12/18/2008

Toshiba to show 512GB solid-state drive at CES

— news.cnet.com — Toshiba said Wednesday that it will showcase a 512GB solid-state drive at the Consumer Electronics Show next... month and begin shipments in the second quarter of 2009. Toshiba 512GB solid-state drive rivals hard disks in capacity (Credit: Toshiba) ... (more) Toshiba to show 512GB solid-state drive at CES

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Toshiba and SanDisk temporarily slash NAND Flash production by 30% in Yokkaichi
Engadget — ... which are linked via a joint venture production plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, have decided it best to temporarily reduce NAND Flash output by around 30%. Here's the scary part: "the duration and extent of this reduction in fab output will depend upon market conditions." You guys are all going to feel really goofy when consumers realize they simply can't live without their constant flow of semiconductors and decorated Segways here in a few months -- just sayin'. [Via EETimes] Read - Toshiba's take Read - SanDisk's take Filed under: ...

Toshiba, Sandisk slashing NAND memory production due to poor demand
jkOnTheRun — ... notable inNAND flash memories, where decreased demand for applications such asmemory cards and MP3 players has generated excess supply.” What is unclear is how this global flash memory situation will impact Apple.  Apple is one of the largest consumers of NAND flash memory in iPods and iPhones and it’s not clear how they would be impacted if a major consolidation of memory makers were to take place next year as some experts predict. (eeTimes via engadget)        ...

Toshiba, Sandisk slashing NAND memory production due to poor demand [jkOnTheRun]
GigaOM Network — ... memories, where decreased demand for applications such as memory cards and MP3 players has generated excess supply.'' What is unclear is how this global flash memory situation will impact Apple.  Apple is one of the largest consumers of NAND flash memory in iPods and iPhones and it's not clear how they would be impacted if a major consolidation of memory makers were to take place next year as some experts predict. (eeTimes via engadget) ...

Bad News For Your Gadgets: Toshiba, Sandisk Slash Flash Memory Production
Fast Company - Technology — ... an impossible position. The temporary over-supply of chips means potentially good news for consumers shopping for memory, but in the near term it's a bad thing. Decreasing prices of flash memory, combined with developments in increasing the chip's speed and capacity has been pushing the development of innovative and cheaper consumer gadgets. That means that spending on chip development is likely to become one of the first areas to suffer if the Flash Alliance has to trim spending. [ EEtimes ]