Thursday, June 16, 2005
It's Memory Mania with MMC
Posted by Darius Wey in "HARDWARE" @ 12:00 PM
"Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced a major new commitment to the MultiMediaCard (MMC) market by initiating mass production of two new ultra-high-speed MultiMediaCards: MMC plus and MMC mobile. The new, ultra-fast MMCs are capable of transmitting data at 52MBytes per second, up to twenty times faster than existing MMCs, by supporting wider x4 and x8 bus widths. A third Samsung MMC, the MMC micro, went into mass production earlier this year in densities of 32MByte/64MByte/128MByte/256MByte. The faster speeds and smaller footprint of MMCs allows consumers to enjoy higher performance from advanced mobile consumer devices, such as mobile phones, DSCs, PDAs, MP3 Players and PMPs (portable multimedia players)."
Okay, no rants about lack of standardisation here. Samsung have taken a different route by improving the performance of an existing memory format, rather than introducing a whole new one. The MMC Plus will sport data transfer speeds of 52MB/second and will still be compatible with SD/MMC-equipped PDAs. All that speed is probably something your Pocket PC wouldn't be able to take advantage of, but who cares? It's all about satisfying the inner geek. ;-)
Okay, no rants about lack of standardisation here. Samsung have taken a different route by improving the performance of an existing memory format, rather than introducing a whole new one. The MMC Plus will sport data transfer speeds of 52MB/second and will still be compatible with SD/MMC-equipped PDAs. All that speed is probably something your Pocket PC wouldn't be able to take advantage of, but who cares? It's all about satisfying the inner geek. ;-)
