Global 3D NAND Chip Supply Shortage Forces Apple to Call on Samsung
Apple upcoming line of new iPhone models, including the widely anticipated iPhone 8, could see a 30 percent shortage in the supply of NAND flash storage capacity chips. According to a new report by DigiTimes on Thursday, "SK Hynix and Toshiba have both experienced lower-than-expected yield rates for their 3D NAND technologies resulting in fewer supplies for...
‘iPhone 7 Plus’ May Get SanDisk’s 256GB Flash Storage
Pictures of a SanDisk 256GB NAND flash memory chip shared recently by an Italian website HDblog (via MacRumors) amid rumours that Apple may offer the 'iPhone 7 Plus' with 256GB storage, suggest that the said flash storage might make its way into Apple’s next iPhone. A number of previous generation iPhones, including the iPhone 5, iPhone 6, and...
2014 MacBook Airs Show Drop In Flash Storage Performance Over 2013 Models
According to a report from MacWorld, the newly released 2014 MacBook Airs are seeing an improvement in CPU performance because of the new Haswell chip set, but storage performance seems to have declined. In a series of benchmarks performed by MacWorld, the flash storage found in the new 2014 MacBook Airs appears to be slower compared to the 2013...