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Toshiba Launches Industry's First 512GB Solid State Drive and Next-Generation SSD Family ...

— news.prnewswire.com — IRVINE, Calif. and TOKYO , Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba) and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)*, its subsidiary in the Americas, today announced the expansion of their line up of NAND-flash-based solid state drives ... (more) Toshiba Launches Industry's First 512GB Solid State ...

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— toshiba.com — IRVINE, Calif., and TOKYO December 18, 2008 Toshiba Corp. (Toshiba) and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC)*, its subsidiary in the Americas, today announced the expansion of their line up of NAND-flash-based solid state drives (SSD) ... (more) N/A

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akihabaranews.com - 12/18/2008

512GB SSDs from Toshiba.

— akihabaranews.com — Toshiba introduced their latest SSD wonder, the industry's first 2.5” 512GB SSD, the THNS512GG8B. We don't have any details on the price, however, Toshiba announced that it will display this almighty beast next January at the CES 2009. TOKYO--Toshiba ... (more) 512GB SSDs from Toshiba.

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Toshiba and SanDisk temporarily slash NAND Flash production by 30% in Yokkaichi
Engadget — ... which are linked via a joint venture production plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, have decided it best to temporarily reduce NAND Flash output by around 30%. Here's the scary part: "the duration and extent of this reduction in fab output will depend upon market conditions." You guys are all going to feel really goofy when consumers realize they simply can't live without their constant flow of semiconductors and decorated Segways here in a few months -- just sayin'. [Via EETimes] Read - Toshiba's take Read - SanDisk's take Filed under: ...

Toshiba, Sandisk slashing NAND memory production due to poor demand
jkOnTheRun — ... notable in NAND flash memories, where decreased demand for applications such as memory cards and MP3 players has generated excess supply.'' What is unclear is how this global flash memory situation will impact Apple.  Apple is one of the largest consumers of NAND flash memory in iPods and iPhones and it's not clear how they would be impacted if a major consolidation of memory makers were to take place next year as some experts predict. (eeTimes via engadget) ...