Toshiba on Monday a new 64GB embedded NAND flash memory module, the right to the highest capacity in the industry. The component combines a dedicated controller and sixteen 32Gbit chips manufactured using the company’s 32nm technology. Chip Thinning and layering techniques to help the chip thickness to only 30 microns.
The new modules could be used to double the storage capacity of portable devices like iPods and smartphones. The iPhone, which uses a single module that could be a jump to 64GB capacity to see with the new components, while the iPod touch theoretically reach 128 GB with two modules.
The 64GB modules are expected to ship samples Sometime this month, with mass production in the first quarter of 2010.