From Digitimes -
Asus is reportedly adding Phison Electronics as a flash storage controller IC supplier for its low-cost Eee PCs, with shipments in small volume already underway. Phison will be the second supplier after Silicon Motion.
The flash-based storage currently used in Eee PCs is based on single-level cell (SLC) chips, the latest versions of which support error correction technology for sub 50nm chips, which are vital to achieve cost down.
Although SLC NAND flash carries a price premium of about 3-4x over multi-level cell (MLC) chips, system makers are still reluctant to adopt MLC NAND flash, citing data transmission performance, stability and access time as the primary concerns.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Asus to add Phison as new Eee PC flash storage controller supplier
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