Monday, September 17, 2007
Universal Flash Storage: Yes, Yet Another Flash Storage Format
Posted by Nurhisham Hussein in "HARDWARE" @ 03:00 AM
"The goal of the new specification, dubbed Universal Flash Storage (UFS), is memory cards with high-speed access to large multimedia files, while at the same time reducing power-consumption. The target performance level is a significant advancement beyond that of the varied flash cards popular today. Under the new standard, a 90-minute movie that that takes up 4 GB on a memory card will be loaded in seconds."
The specs promise a lot, but with multimedia gaining ground as part of the raison d'etre of mobile devices, fast access will become more and more important. Only, just why does it have to be a new format? Luckily this new standard won't be finalised until 2009, so we probably won't see devices designed around these new cards until 2010.
The specs promise a lot, but with multimedia gaining ground as part of the raison d'etre of mobile devices, fast access will become more and more important. Only, just why does it have to be a new format? Luckily this new standard won't be finalised until 2009, so we probably won't see devices designed around these new cards until 2010.
