Outside of the occasional leaked roadmap, one of the best ways to predict the future of consumer electronics is by looking at the evolution of the components within. Take this Toshiba NAND package for instance. While the launch of a 64GB embedded NAND flash memory module (the highest capacity in the industry) that combines sixteen 32Gb NAND chips fabricated using 32nm manufacturing processes might sound a bit boring, consider its uses. As you'll recall from the
iPhone 3GS teardown, Apple's lovely uses either a single 16GB or 32GB Toshiba NAND module depending on the model purchased. The fact that Toshiba is now sampling its new high-capacity chips with mass production set to begin in Q1 2010 hints at what we can expect from the next-gen iPhone rumored to have
landed in Foxconn's lap. That's enough capacity for 1,070 hours of recorded music (at a 128Kbps bit rate), 8.3 hours of 17Mbps high definition video, and 19.2 hours of 7Mbps standard definition video according to Toshiba's calculations. The iPod touch, you'll remember, differs by using a pair of NAND packages for a total of 32GB or 64GB of flash today. Anyone for a 128GB iPod touch? Check the module's internals after the break -- fascinating stuff, really.
posted December 15th 2009 2:32AM
"While the launch of a 64GB embedded NAND flash memory module (the highest capacity in the industry) that combines sixteen 32Gb NAND chips fabricated using 32nm manufacturing processes might sound a bit boring,"
I'll admit I've never been great a maths but can someone tell me how you get to 64GB by multiplying 32Gb by sixteen?
@NoBox Just google "32 Gb * 16" and you've got your answer.. :)
@NoBox
Pretty simple actually, each Gigabyte(GB), is 8 gigabits(Gb).
divide 32Gb by 8 bits per byte, gets you 4GB, times 16 equals 64GB.
@jon *blush* Yes pre school maths simple! My bad!
I got a 8GB ipod touch so a 128GB model would warrant an upgrade, even for a fanboy like myself...
F*uck, just got a 32 FB iPhone....
What about Ipod nano? How come it's still 16gb? I need a 64gb or a 128gb Ipod nano or a flash zune. I hate touch players! I supose that the Ipod nano will get a 32gb version next year, so I'll have to wait till 2011 to get a 64gb nano..
forget about pmp, give me cheaper ssd!
Lowercase b means bits. Uppercase B means bytes. There are 8 bits in a byte. So, 64Gb is not the same as 64GB. People often misuse the b and B designations.
I would appreciate a 128 GB ipod touch... my 60GB ipod is almost full up with music...
Know whatahmean, know whatahmean, nudge nudge, know whatahmean, say no more?
If you managed to give me 128GB of flash in any form, I'd actually consider buying a flash based PMP. But as of now, I have too much music to settle for 16GB, 32GB, or even 64GB as as storage limit.
*Goes on eBay and looks at Zune 120s*
Wow, 512GB NAND Flash! That is theoretically impossible right now, as it will deliver slow performance as it is MLC which is slower than SLC.
And yes, a 128GB iPod Touch is 50-50 but it would be a potential competitor with netbooks since the price is at netbook level. Still enough room to do everything but a little bit slower since it is MLC.