Toshiba launches 32GB embedded NAND for PMPs and handsets

Look out memory nerds, as Toshiba has just announced a more capacious embedded NAND flash memory device than you ever thought possible. The new 32GB chip boasts full compliance with eMMC and eSD standards, is fabricated with Tosh's 43-nanometer process technology, includes a dedicated controller and should slip right into your favorite handset / PMP of tomorrow. Samples are slated to hit couriers in September for an undisclosed price, while mass production will get going in Q4. So, how long 'til you guys and gals repeat this news with "64" or "128" in place of that lowly "32?"

[Via Electronista]

[J-Alex @ Aug 7th 2008 9:04AM]

It will be nice to see two of these in the iPod Touch.

[Phil Perman @ Aug 7th 2008 9:29AM]

Considering that Toshiba makes the flash chips for the iPhone (and thus most likely the iPod touch), I guess that is going to happen, perhaps in time for the Christmas shopping rush?

Would also be nice to see a 32gig iPhone, would finally have enough space for a reasonable amount of movies or high bitrate music (my cd collection alone practically filly my first gen 16gig iPhone, and thats only at 128kbps)

[AJ @ Aug 7th 2008 10:04AM]

I was just wondering how this new NAND was different from the kind that the Touch has. Does the current 32GB Touch have 2x16GB?

[Prasand J. @ Aug 7th 2008 11:41AM]

@ AJ

If I'm not mistaken, I read somewhere in engadget's comments that there indeed are two nand chips. So ... yes, if that information is accurate.




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[Jeff @ Aug 7th 2008 2:11PM]

@AJ

the iPod Touch does indeed have 2x 16GB chips in it - the iPhone has the same 16GB chip but only has room for 1, which is why it's half the capacity.

it'd be REAL nice to see a 32GB iPhone... but hopefully it'll be a little while, so i can still enjoy my 16GB for more than a few months. :)

[Vernon de Thierry @ Aug 7th 2008 9:04AM]

Woohoo no more swapping around and subsequently lost 2 to 4G SD cards

[bob sakamano @ Aug 7th 2008 9:11AM]

flashbang, strife!

[SOOPERGOOMAN @ Aug 7th 2008 9:15AM]

Fuck the fucking iPods, I want this in the New PSP 3000. Imagine the firmware hacks that could be had with that amount of storage. Holy sweet fuck.

[James @ Aug 7th 2008 11:46AM]

Can you get more fucks in a comment?

[JohnnyRico @ Aug 7th 2008 9:20AM]

hey hey hey, don't get greedy now. Aw hell, what am I talking about, I want a 128gb nand chip in my ipod touch, darn it!
Get on it, Toshiba!

[J-Alex @ Aug 7th 2008 9:31AM]

@JohnnyRico

The Touch has two slots for memory so two 128GB would be even cooler, but very greedy

[JohnnyRico @ Aug 7th 2008 10:00AM]

256gbs of nand flash? Why, Greedy yes.. but I dunno, pretty awesome.

[Alex @ Aug 7th 2008 9:36AM]

let me know when they have them for PIMPs too

ye-yeah playas

[Cassini @ Aug 7th 2008 10:14AM]

Now we just need to see HTC slip some of these into their phones.

Too bad these weren't around for the Touch Pro (even if it would raise the cost).

[Jeremy K. @ Aug 7th 2008 10:15AM]

32GB is enough for most PMPs unless you want to store all of your videos/movies and music on one device... provided that it's cheap and has really low power consumption.

[Ethan @ Aug 7th 2008 10:39AM]

I probably should, but have no idea of the size of these things.

[Tom @ Aug 7th 2008 10:53AM]

c'mon you can easily work out the size! 43-nano meter * 32 GB = 1376 Gignobeters^2

[Jeremy @ Aug 7th 2008 11:08AM]

flash devices are measured in bits, not bytes.

[cesium @ Aug 7th 2008 11:43AM]

Maybe you should click the fucking read link:

"The new 32GB embedded devices combine eight 32Gbit (= 4GB) NAND chips"

[Jeff @ Aug 7th 2008 2:14PM]

@Jeremy

GB = Gigabyte
Gbit = Gigabit

so this is a 256 gigaBIT chip, also called 32GB.

[xValentine @ Aug 8th 2008 12:26AM]

16GB iPhone is too much for me, I don't even store movies in it cause the battery life sucks.

I only store a thousand tracks, 2 hundred phots and the rest are software from installer.app.

I can only get it to 6GB!

I still have 8GB of free space which I don't know what to do with it.

And I think iPod Classic should be in NAND chips, instead of those little hard disc that spins. :D