Samsung 64GB moviNAND flash device, 32GB microSD card launched

Samsung launched two new high-density storage options for mobile phones. The new storage solutions, a 64GB moviNAND flash device and a 32GB microSD memory card, use Samsung’s new 30 nanometer lithography technology.The 64-GB moviNAND flash memory device consists of six 30 nanometer-class 32GB MLC NAND chips and a controller. The 64GB moviNAND measures 1.4mm in height.

The 17-die stack was built by using 30-micron-thick chips and an advanced package technology. With the new 64GB solution, the company’s proprietary moviNAND flash memory device is now available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB forms.

The moviNAND embedded memory is double the capacity currently offered by Apple’s latest iPhone.

The 32GB microSD memory card is double the density of the highest density microSD cards available in the market, which was based on the 40 nanometer-class 16GB NAND and had a 16GB capacity.

The new model is based on the advanced 30-nanometer class from Samsung and is 1mm-thick, with the portion that is inserted into the handset measuring only 0.7 mm in height. It will enter mass production by February 2010.

On the other hand, the 64-GB moviNAND has been in mass production since December 2009.

The company has also launched microSD samples to be exported to OEMs.

“Samsung’s high-density memory solutions bring the storage capacity levels of computing systems to small, mobile devices,” Dong-Soo Jun, executive vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Electronics, said.

“The 64GB embedded memory, moviNAND, and the 32GB microSD card each greatly expand the data storage density of mobile devices, meeting customers’ memory requirements and ushering in a new era of mobile and IT device capacity growth,” said the company’s press release.

Researchers suggest that the global market for 32GB and higher NAND flash memory will touch about 530 million units in 2010. Samsung is banking on an increase in demand for NAND flash memory storage of 32 GB and high density memory cards, in 2010, as sales of smartphones and other mobile devices grows.

Samsung claims that the 64GB moviNAND memory device will be the first to hit the market. Toshiba was also planning to come out with such storage devices.

The company has not revealed any information about the price of the two memory devices.