Thread: Toshiba's investment in manufacturing flash memory business

Toshiba has invested several million dollars on Violin Memory, manufacturer of flash memory for businesses, the general message of these two companies. Violin spokesman refused to specify if Toshiba has invested money, but for this amount over 20 million dollars (20 million dollars, ~ 384.6 billion), and includes other partners not to be named.

Under the agreement, Toshiba will allow Violin Memory access memory technology and provide the production line of flash memory for data centers. Don Basile, CEO of Violin Memory said, with this investment and access to Toshiba's technology with the strategic support, Violin Memory can provide a large amount of flash memory for manufacturers equipment, customers and partners.

The importance of this investment approach helped Violin Memory competitive pricing policies and availability of NAND memory. Violin Memory will also understand better the situation of the market changes in memory technology.

On the Toshiba, the company also benefit from expertise of the Violin and focus on PCI Express solutions for enterprises. This is the area where Toshiba has strength acquired by Fujitsu and found interest in NAND flash memory for quality businesses.

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Flash memory storage devices for portable gadgets all do pretty much the same thing: store files and applications. Secure Digital, SmartMedia, and other flash memory devices have no moving parts, are small, and don't require batteries, so they're ideal for portable devices such as PDAs and digital cameras. But can differ in size, price, capacity, and other features. In addition, some are debuting, while others are exiting, stage left.
For this edition of the Mobile Computing FAQ, I've put together a rundown of the current formats, listed alphabetically.



CompactFlash cards weigh about half an ounce, are approximately the size of a matchbook, and are available in Type I and Type II form factors, like the PC Card format from which they were developed.

CompactFlash cards are among the least expensive flash memory formats. SanDisk's 64MB CompactFlash card retails for $50, for example, while a SanDisk Secure Digital card with the same capacity is $60. Most often, CompactFlash card slots are found in digital cameras, Pocket PCs, and some notebooks. Current capacities range from 16MB, which costs about $23, to 1GB, at about $800. The CompactFlash card's relatively large size makes it awkward for use with smaller devices.