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"A byte is a collection of bits, originally differing in size depending on the context but now almost always eight bits." -Wikipedia
So the biggest of those flash chips is 8 GIGABYTES?

According to their site:
"When used herein in relation to memory density, gigabit and/or Gbit or Gb means 1,024x1,024x1,024 = 1,073,741,824 bits. Usable capacity may be less. For details, please refer to specifications. "

Talk about confusing people when they write Gigabits as Gb...]]>Oct 29th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Megabit = 1000 kbits
Gigabit = 1000 mbits

To get the byte equivalent, divide by 8 (8 bits per byte). Gigabits are quite commonly used. The most notable example is in broadband internet marketing, so companies can advertise 20Mbps, and people think it means 20 Megabytes, but it's actually 2.5 Megabytes per second.]]>Oct 29th 2008 10:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/b = bits, B = bytes]]>Oct 29th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/
Futher, the use of base-10 and base-2 for defining kilo/mega/giga also messes with your head. As blar tried to say (I think), solid state memory devices usually use base-2 units (ie 1kb = 1024 bits) whereas other things like network capacity are measured in base-10 (ie 1kb = 1000 bits). Network capacity also generally uses bits rather than bytes (ie. 54Mb/s = 54Mbps = 54 million bits per second) whereas memory more often uses bytes (as it 2GB = 2 giga bytes = 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 bytes).

It is fairly confusing, but once you're used to it you won't get caught. And yes, the largest is 8GB.]]>Oct 29th 2008 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/
My only gripe is that Engadget assumes that everyone knows the difference of GB and Gb (if they noticed it themselves).]]>Oct 29th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/
The use of lower case "b" for "Gb" and upper case for "GB" is universal among computer technology journals, articles, blogs, etc.]]>Oct 29th 2008 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/
Each one of those expensive chips store 1,024 bits. That's right. 128 bytes.

So the big Tosh mem is 64 MILLION TIMES the solid-state storage that I first used in 1972.]]>Oct 29th 2008 11:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 29th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/
I lol'd]]>Oct 29th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/toshiba-introduces-ultra-dense-43nm-slc-nand-flash-chips/Oct 30th 2008 4:10AM