SD Memory Cards and Solid State Drives From Toshiba Enable Solid Performance for Consumer Electronics
Inventor of NAND Flash Showcases World's Fastest SDHC Memory Card and Slim SSD Modules at CES 2011
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)* will be on hand at International CES 2011 to demonstrate the company's latest SD memory cards and SATA solid state drive (SSD) offerings. Both families of products will be showcased at International CES 2011 in booth #11026 from January 6-9.
As the inventor of NAND Flash, Toshiba is advancing technology to enable the ultimate consumer experience. Scott Nelson, vice president, Memory Business Unit, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. explained, "Mobility and performance top the list of requirements for today's users who have come to expect ruggedness, speedy boot times and consistently reliable performance from their devices. Ultra fast read and write speeds and faster access to content are also necessities for the on-the-go consumer, and Toshiba delivers all of these things, enabling the best possible consumer experience."
Toshiba's SD Memory Card line-up features high performance specifications that enable developers to use HD content in future generations of consumer products. With cards that offer the world's fastest read and write speeds in their class, Toshiba continues to lead the NAND flash memory market in removable card storage.
With read speeds up to 95MB/s(1) and write speeds up to 80MB/s on devices supporting the high-speed SD bus interface UHS-I (Speed ModeSDR104), Toshiba's new SDHC UHS-I cards provide fast data transfer rates essential for applications such as high speed continuous shooting of high resolution digital still cameras, video and high speed transfers of HD content. For example, a 2.5 hour HD movie (10GB) can be written in about 2 minutes, compared to 43 minutes for a Class 4 SDHC card from the previous generation. In addition, Toshiba's SDXC UHS-1 cards provide up to 64GB(2) of storage capacity to meet the needs of a wide range of consumer electronics applications.
Also on display at International CES 2011 is Toshiba's family of SATA SSDs, which offer improved performance, reliability and increased capacities in a smaller form factor – thus freeing designers to be more innovative in bringing products to market. Toshiba offers some of the highest capacity, smallest form factor modules in the industry to date. Ideally suited for integration into space-sensitive products, including tablet PCs, laptops, mini-mobile and netbook PCs as well as any number of OEM and industrial applications, the new modules help these devices achieve innovative form factors.
"Consumers truly reap the benefits of SSDs," noted Nelson, "In the consumer space, using SSDs makes products more mobile and portable – smaller and slimmer. This is great news for the on-the-go consumer. SSDs truly give a performance edge. Ruggedness and reliability are also increased, bringing confidence to users that rely on these products in so many different aspects of their lives."
As a demonstrative example of the durability and ruggedness of its NAND flash technology, Toshiba will display an SSD operating while submerged in a 16 x 12 aquarium(3). Additionally, Toshiba will be giving a vibration and speed demonstration of its SSDs, in which dual PCs will be set up on a vibration table, one with an HDD and one with an SSD. Toshiba will demonstrate that the HDD will end up stopping when the table vibrates, whereas the SSD will remain fully functional.
Toshiba will continue to promote innovations that widen the horizons of the NAND Flash market and support the company's continued leadership in that market. As such, Toshiba is generating demand for SSDs in notebook PCs, netbooks, laptops, and digital consumer products by enhancing its line-up, offering products with various densities and interfaces in a range of packages - while also advancing device performance.
For more information on Toshiba SSDs, please visit ssd.toshiba.com. To learn more about Toshiba SD memory cards, please visit memory.toshiba.com.
*About Toshiba Corp. and TAEC
Through proven commitment, lasting relationships and advanced, reliable electronic components, Toshiba enables its customers to create market-leading designs. Toshiba is the heartbeat within product breakthroughs from OEMs, ODMs, CMs, distributors and fabless chip companies worldwide. A committed electronic components leader, Toshiba designs and manufactures high-quality flash memory-based storage solutions, discrete devices, displays, advanced materials, medical tubes, custom SoCs/ASICs, digital multimedia and imaging products, microcontrollers and wireless components that make possible today's leading cell phones, MP3 players, cameras, medical devices, automotive electronics and more.
Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, Japan's largest semiconductor manufacturer and the world's third largest semiconductor manufacturer (Gartner, 2009 WW Semiconductor Revenue, April 2010). For additional company information, please visit www.toshiba.com/taec. For more information on Toshiba memory products, please visit www.memory.toshiba.com.
(1) Maximum read and write speed may vary depending on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size. For purposes of measuring read and write speed in this context, 1 megabyte or MB = 1,000,000 bytes.
(2) Product density is identified based on the maximum density of memory chip(s) within the Product, not the amount of memory capacity available for data storage by the end user. Consumer-usable capacity will be less due to overhead data areas, formatting, bad blocks, and other constraints, and may also vary based on the host device and application.
(3) Actual operating SSD with spray-on conformal coating applied. For demonstration purposes only. Toshiba SSDs are not warranted to operate in water, and users should not attempt to use them in water.
Information in this press release, including product pricing and specifications, content of services and contact information, is current and believed to be accurate on the date of the announcement, but is subject to change without prior notice. Technical and application information contained here is subject to the most recent applicable Toshiba product specifications. In developing designs, please ensure that Toshiba products are used within specified operating ranges as set forth in the most recent Toshiba product specifications and the information set forth in Toshiba's "Handling Guide for Semiconductor Devices," or "Toshiba Semiconductor Reliability Handbook." This information is available at www.chips.toshiba.com, or from your TAEC representative.
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Editor’s Note: Product photos can be downloaded at http://www.toshiba.com/taec/news/media_resources/news_mr_gallery.jsp
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